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Period: 20th Century
"Kate Moss. Boyfriends Underpants" Photography 50x40 in Ed. of 20 by Kate Garner
By Kate Garner
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kate Moss. Boyfriends Underpants" Photography 50x40 in Ed. of 20 by Kate Garner
Hahnemuhle fine art archival paper
Not framed. Ships rolled in tube.
Kate Garner: Seeker, Sage, and Preservationist of Identity
A thoughtful selection of Kate Garner’s most pivotal work, showing the arc of identity, and her expression as one of the great masters of fine art photography today. In this collection of works, see rare and seldom viewed images of Kate Moss, Angelina Jolie, David Bowie, FKA Twigs, and more.
Kate Garner evolved in the edgy pop-punk heyday of 1980’s London. By the time she was in her early 20s, she was well on her way to becoming one of the most enigmatic fine art photographers of our time. But it didn’t start that way. Until Kate was 19, she had spent most of her time in a tough mining town in the north of England. It was a practical place with practical people that studied practical vocations and couldn't afford to let themselves dream too much.
Growing up, Kate had expected a similar existence, but it was never what she had envisioned. Like much of her class, she attended formal trade education at the local vocational college after graduating secondary school and spending a year hitch-hiking from England, through Europe, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan to India Garner came back from India and started to study commercial photography, and in Northern England, that meant--pots and pans. But, Kate knew she was different and would often take herself down into the thriving metropolis of London to see and experience the vibrant Mecca of arts and creatives.
Her creative path took a pivotal point when her wanderings introduced her to the Blitz Kids. The art students and teenage squatters took her in, and It wasn’t long before she began shooting the streets with London’s party scene artisans and gender-bending pioneers. Working with John Galliano, Stephen Jones, Boy George, and later even David Bowie--Kate became fully immersed in the New Romantic...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Omaggio a Marilyn (A Tribute to Marilyn), Pop Art Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
A serigraph collage by Mimmo Rotella from 2004. A frottage vintage movie poster with torn surface, revealing layers beneath, encompassing the face of Marilyn Monroe. Signed in pencil...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Morning Madness - from Lewis Carroll's the Complete Sylvie and Bruno 1991
Located in Soquel, CA
Morning Madness - Original Abstract Expressionist Lithograph
Original black and white abstract geometric lithograph by Renee Flower (American). The image features a black and white ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Etching
Night Shadows
By Edward Hopper
Located in Storrs, CT
Night Shadows. 1921. Etching. Levin 82. 7 x 8 3/8 (sheet 10 x 13 7 1/16).s Series: Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio, 1924. Edition approximately 500-600. Illustrate...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Illeana, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 22 x 31 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by Galerie La Vigne, Paris, in an edition...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí, Composition (Field 69-5, A-M), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on Papeterie de Mandeure vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Tribe of Judah, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, . Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Déco...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
I Castelli Romani - Vintage Poster after Neal Slavin - 1983
By Neal Slavin
Located in Roma, IT
I Castelli Romani is a splendid poster realized by Neal Slavin, in 1983, for the exhibition held in Rondanini Gallery in Rome.
Offset print, in very good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Offset
Salvador Dalí, Composition (Field 69-5, A-M), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on Papeterie de Mandeure vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cubist Still Life with a Glass - Original engraving (Baer #725)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO
Cubist Still Life with a Glass, 1944
Original engraving (printed on letterpress)
Printed signature in the plate
On heavy paper 32 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 in)
REFERENCES...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original 1966 unused poster Museo Picasso Palacio Aguilar Barcelona Spain
Located in Miami, FL
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
'Museo Picasso. Palacio Aguilar.', 1966
Four-color offset printing on paper
30 x 21.5 in. (76 x 54.5 cm.)
Unframed
Ref: PIC2001-P008
Conservatio...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Original 1966 poster Harlequin Museo Picasso Palacio Aguilar Barcelona Spain
Located in Miami, FL
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
'Museo Picasso. Palacio Aguilar.', 1966
Four-color offset printing on paper
30 x 21.5 in. (76 x 54.5 cm.)
Unframed
Ref: PIC2001-P011
Conservatio...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Dufy, Composition, Eaux-de-vie, Esprit de la fleur et du fruit (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published and printed by Bernard Klein, éditeur, Paris, February 26, 1954. Notes: ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 155), Pablo Picasso, La Chute D'Icare (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1972
Paper Size: 20.5 X 26.4 inches
Catalogue raisonné reference: Cramer, illustration 155
Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered,...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jazz : Swing Guy (Yellow) - Screenprint Poster, Montreux, 1983
By Keith Haring
Located in Paris, IDF
Keith Haring
Swing Guy (Yellow), 1983
Screenprint
Printed signature in the plate
On heavy paper 100 x 70 cm (c. 40 x 28 in)
Created by Haring for the Montreux Jazz Festival
Excelle...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
LADIES WITH PARROTS Signed Lithograph, Asian Women, Birds, Fans, Kimonos
By Walasse Ting
Located in Union City, NJ
LADIES WITH PARROTS is an original hand drawn lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free by the renowned Chinese born...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Magritte, Composition, Poèmes 1923-1958, Dix dessins de René Magritte (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Paper Size: 11 x 8.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Poèmes 1923-1958. Dix dessins d...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1996. Published by The ...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Comédie Humaine : The King's Muse - Lithograph (Mourlot)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Comédie Humaine, The King's Muse, 1954
Lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Unsigned
On paper 26 .5 x 35.5 cm (c. 10,2 x 13.7 in)
INFORMATION : Created for port...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Poppy' — Art Deco Pochoir from the acclaimed portfolio 'RELAIS'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edouard Benedictus, 'Poppy' from the portfolio 'Relais', plate 14, color pochoir, 1930. Signed in the matrix, in the center bottom margin. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh, vibrant colors, including metallic gold and silver inks, on heavy, cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Published by Éditions Vincent, Fréal et Cie, Paris. The pochoir production is by Jean Saudé, the French printmaker known for his mastery of the technique and the author of the first how-to book on the pochoir process. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 14 3/8 x 11 inches (365 x 279 mm); sheet size 17 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (438 x 352 mm).
Impressions of this work are held in the following museum collections: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library (Smithsonian), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, New York Public Library, Toledo Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
ABOUT THIS WORK
The Pochoir process is a refined stencil-based technique employed to create multiples or to add color to prints produced in other mediums. Characterized by its crisp lines and rich color, the print-making process was most popular from the late 19th century through the 1930s, with its center of activity in Paris. The pochoir process began with the analysis of an image’s composition, including color tones and densities. The numerous stencils (made of aluminum, copper, or zinc) necessary to create a complete image were then designed and hand-cut by the 'découpeur.' The 'coloristes' applied watercolor or gouache pigments through the stencils, skillfully employing a variety of different brushes and methods of paint application to achieve the desired depth of color and textural and tonal nuance. The pochoir process, by virtue of its handcrafted methodology, resulted in the finished work producing the effect of an original painting, and in fact, each print was unique.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Edouard Benedictus (1878 -1930), artist, designer, composer, and chemist, was born and died in Paris. A highly-regarded designer and art critic of the Art Nouveau era, Benedictus gained renown as a colorist and creator of Art Deco-inspired geometric and floral motifs. His work had a significant influence on international fashions in clothing, home furnishings, graphic design, and decorative objects of the period, earning him commissions from leading European design firms. In 1925 he was invited to represent Art Deco textile design...
Category
Art Nouveau 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil
Smoker in White - Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, dated and numbered by artist with pencil. Etching and watercolour
Edition of 90 prints plus 15 prints in Roman Numbers and 5 Artist's Proofs.
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Perrier pop art sparkling water poster Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Spokane, WA
: Original Andy Warhol Poster, Perrier, 1983 (horizontal format).
Description: The poster features three Perrier bottles seemingly floating in the air. The design is simple and refle...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Original 1982 Pink Floyd, The Wall - linen backed vintage movie poster
By Gerald Scarfe
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1982 Pink Floyd, The Wall vintage movie poster. Archival linen backed International edition in the size of 27” x 41” ready to frame. Excellent condition. No restoration...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Cambridge Midsummer Fair
Located in Middletown, NY
A peaceful image by Britian's first official war artist.
Drypoint printed in brownish black ink on fibrous, laid Japon paper, 3 3/8 x 6 5/16 inches (85 x 161 mm), full margins. Sign...
Category
Realist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Drypoint
Divine Comedy : Hell 12, The Minotaure - Woodcut - 1963 (Field #p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Hell 12 - The Minotaure
Woodcut
Printed signature in the plate 1960/63
Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives
Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
REFERENCES : Fie...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'Snow Shovellers, New York' — American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Clare Leighton, 'Snow Shovellers, New York', 1929, wood engraving, edition 45, Boston Public Library 146. Signed, titled, and numbered '29/45' in pencil. A...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The Bible : The Dream of Abimelech - Original Lithograph (Mourlot #239)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
The Bible, Cain and Abel
Original lithography (Daeger Workshop)
On paper 36 x 26.5 cm (c. 14.2 x 10.2 in)
Second illustration on the back, see photo n°6 (...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
THE FAMILY Signed Lithograph, Black Family Portrait, Collage, African American
Located in Union City, NJ
THE FAMILY is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the African American artist James Denmark, printed using hand lithography on Arches paper 100% acid free. Rich, vi...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"La Protesta" - 1943 Linocut on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"La Protesta" - 1943 Linocut on Paper
"La Protesta" (from the portfolio "25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez") shows the struggle of the working class in Mexico during the 1930s and 1940s....
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Linocut
Tauromachie
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In 1982, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Céret, France, hosted the exhibition "Picasso et la Tauromachie" (Picasso and Bullfighting), celebrating Pablo Picasso's profound connection to bu...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SHARING THE CHORES Signed Lithograph, Farm Women Chickens Geechee Gullah Culture
Located in Union City, NJ
SHARING THE CHORES is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the acclaimed Charleston SC artist JONATHAN GREEN printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Love, Red, Blue and Green
By (After) Robert Indiana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This silkscreen greeting card, a reproduction of Robert Indiana's iconic Love design, was created in 1993 for The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Rarely does a postcard achieve such ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled (self portrait) By Billy Childish
Located in London, GB
Untitled (self portrait)
By Billy Childish
Billy Childish is a British artist, musician, and writer known for his raw, energetic, and often provocative approach to art and culture...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital
Mid Century Chevaux et Cavalières La Nuit Lithograph
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Nocturnal Horses with Riders Under Moonlight Lithograph Limited Edition
Compelling nocturnal lithograph of two women on horseback by ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Blackfeet Indians, Great Northern Railway 14 prints
By Winold Reiss
Located in Spokane, WA
A group of 14 Blackfeet Indians prints created by the artist Winold Reiss. The Great Northern Railway printed and released these prints in c. 1940. This is for the entire group...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tiny Houses in Provence - Original Lithograph (Gourdon workshop)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre AMBROGIANI (1907-1985)
Tiny Houses in Provence, 1974
Original Lithograph (Gourdon Workshop)
Signed with the artist's stamp
On vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 in)
Excellent c...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Babar au Chapeau
By Laurent De Brunhoff
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This framed piece celebrates the beloved character Babar, the charming elephant who has captivated children and adults alike for generations. Created by Jean de Brunhoff in the 1930s...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Le Paradis IX (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Le Chapeau Epinglé - Etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Le chapeau épinglé (La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine) 3e planche. Etching realized by Renoir in 1894.
Image dimension 11.5x8 cm. / sheet dimension 33.2x15.1 cm.
The final s...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Girl In The Garden 1979 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Romare Bearden
Title: Girl in the Garden
Year: 1979
Medium Type: Lithograph on Arches Archival Paper
Size-Width Size-Height: 22'' x 30''
Signed Edition Size: Signed in...
Category
20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Surf Riders, Honolulu
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly rare image of the very early days of surfing in Hawaii dating to around 1921. The striking contrasts and intricate technique immediately bring to mind Japanese woodblock art, in particular Katsushika Hokusai' s The Great Wave - such images had a profound influence on the artist's work. In very good condition with strong colour, ready to hang on the wall.
Charles William Bartlett...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Miró, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°5-6, 1939. Published and printed under the direction...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Mother and Child (Orozco 95), Picasso (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper
Year: 1946
Paper Size: 18.75 x 12.625 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Catalogue raisonné reference: Or...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Matisse, Figure Study, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 46-47, 1952. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Klimt, Obstbäume, Das Werk von Gustav Klimt (after)
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure, collotype vélin paper. Paper Size: 18.23 x 17.32 inches; image size: 11.81 x 11.77 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the f...
Category
Symbolist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 84), Picasso en marge du Buffon (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper
Year: 1957
Paper Size: 14.5 x 11 inches
Catalogue raisonné reference: Cramer, illustration 84
Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnum...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cow (Feldman & Schellmann II.12), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in colours on wallpaper. Inscription: printed, “Andy Warhol” and “© Copyright Factory Additions 1971” in margins, as issued. Excellent condition. Notes: Published by Facto...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Tête d'un jeune homme en face, Les Peintres mes amis, Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Peintres mes amis, 1965. Published by Éditions d'art Les Heures Cla...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Goin' Home' — WPA Era American Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Thomas Hart Benton, 'Goin' Home', lithograph, 1937, edition 250, Fath 14. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white, wove paper, with margins, in excellent condition. Published by Associated American Artists. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 9 7/16 x 11 7/8 inches; sheet size 10 3/4 x 13 5/16 inches.
Impressions of this work are held in the following museum collections: Figge Art Museum, Georgetown University Art Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
“Benton’s idiom was essentially political and rhetorical, the painterly equivalent of the country stump speeches that were a Benton family tradition. The artist vividly recalled accompanying his father, Maecenas E. Benton — a four-term U.S. congressman, on campaigns through rural Missouri. Young Tom Benton grew up with an instinct for constituencies that led him to assess art on the basis of its audience appeal. His own art, after the experiments with abstraction, was high-spirited entertainment designed to catch and hold an audience with a political message neatly bracketed between humor and local color.”
—Elizabeth Broun “Thomas Hart Benton: A Politician in Art,” Smithsonian Studies in American Art, Spring 1987.
Born in 1889 in Neosho, Missouri, Thomas Hart Benton spent much of his childhood and adolescence in Washington, D.C., where his father, Maecenas Eason Benton, served as a Democratic member of Congress from 1897 to 1905. Hoping to prepare Benton for a political career, his father sent him to Western Military Academy. After nearly two years at the academy, Benton persuaded his mother to support him in attending the Art Institute of Chicago for two years, followed by two additional years at the Académie Julian in Paris.
In 1912, Benton returned to America and moved to New York to pursue his artistic career. One of his first jobs involved painting sets for silent films, which were being produced in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Benton credits this experience with equipping him with the skills necessary to create his large-scale murals.
When World War I broke out, Benton joined the Navy. Stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, he was assigned to create drawings of camouflaged ships arriving at Norfolk Naval Station. These renderings were used to identify vessels that might be lost in battle. Benton later remarked that being a "camofleur" profoundly impacted his career: "When I came out of the Navy after the First World War," he said, "I made up my mind that I wasn’t going to be just a studio painter, a pattern maker in the fashion then dominating the art world—as it still does. I began to think of returning to the painting of subjects, subjects with meanings, which people, in general, might be interested in."
While developing his Regionalist vision, Benton also taught art, first at a city-supported school and later at The Art Students League from 1926 to 1935. One of his students was a young Jackson Pollock, who regarded Benton as both a mentor and father figure. In 1930, Benton was commissioned to paint a mural for the New School for Social Research. The "America Today" mural, now permanently exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, led to many more commissions as Benton’s work gained wide recognition.
The Regionalist Movement became popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Painters such as Benton, Grant Wood, and John Steuart Curry rejected modernist European influences, choosing instead to depict realistic images of small-town and rural life—comforting representations of the American heartland during a period of upheaval. Time Magazine referred to Benton as "the most virile of U.S. painters of the U.S. Scene," featuring his self-portrait on the cover of a 1934 issue that included a story titled "The Birth of Regionalism."
In 1935, Benton left New York and returned to Missouri, where he taught at the Kansas City Art Institute. His outspoken criticism of modern art, art critics, and political views alienated him from many influential figures in both political and art circles. Nonetheless, Benton remained true to his beliefs, continuing to create murals, paintings, and prints that captured enduring images of American life. The dramatic and engaging characteristics of Benton’s artwork drawn the attention of Hollywood producers, leading him to create illustrations and posters for films, including his famous lithographs for the film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath," produced by Twentieth Century Fox.
During the 1930s, The Limited Editions Club of New York asked Benton to illustrate special editions of three of Mark Twain’s books...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Rain at Shinagawa, Ryoshimachi' — lifetime impression
By Kawase Hasui
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A fine, atmospheric impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet, in excellent condition. Signed 'Hasui' with the artist’s seal 'Kawase', lower left. Published by Watanabe Shozaburo with the Watanabe 6mm round seal indicating a lifetime impression printed between 1945 - 1957. Archivally sleeved, unmatted.
Image size 14 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (362 x 238 mm); sheet size 15 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (391 x 264 mm).
An impression of this work is in the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
“I do not paint subjective impressions. My work is based on reality...I can not falsify...(but) I can simplify…I make mental impressions of the light and color at the time of sketching. While coloring the sketch, I am already imagining the effects in a woodblock print.” — Kawase Hasui
Hasui Kawase (1883–1957) is the most celebrated Japanese print designer of the shin-hanga ('new prints') movement. His prints, produced under the guidance and discerning eye of his publisher, Watanabe Shozaburo, represent the modern legacy of the renowned 19th-century Ukiyo-e masters Hiroshige and Hokusai. Hasui was able to evoke the fleeting beauty of Japan during the interwar period as no other printmaker of his time could.
Hasui's work enjoyed huge popularity upon producing his first print in 1918. Watanabe recognized and developed the enormous potential of the American market, resulting in Hasui's prints achieving high prices at auctions in New York as early as the 1920s. After the Second World War, his prints became highly sought-after collectible works among the American occupying forces in Japan. Hasui designed more than 600 prints during the 40-year span of his artistic career, and in 1956, he was named a 'Living National Treasure' of Japan.
Hasui’s woodblock...
Category
Showa 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Joan Miró 1970 El Tapís de Tarragona (edition Avant La Lettre) original litho
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
The work was conceived as a poster for the exhibition "Miró el tapís de Tarragona".
Technical details of the work
Category: Engravings and Prints Graphic Work
Date: 1970
Technique: ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 13.75 x 19 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 470a), XXe Siècle (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°26, May 1966. Published ...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Carthusia Capri - Italy, perfume vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster Carthusia Capri (Italy) perfume vintage poster. Artist: Mario Laboccetta. "CARTHUSIA I PROFUMI DI CAPRI" Size 26.5" x ...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Violet Torso on Orange Stripes
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in four colours on Japon nacré paper
31 x 31 cm - framed
Edition of 75
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Henry Moore’s prints are a vital aspect of his artistic lega...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woman with a Turkish Hat - Lithograph - Printed Signature (Mourlot)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)(after)
Woman with a Turkish bonnet, 1974
Lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered / 300 copies
On vellum 75 x 52.5 cm (c. 30 x...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Hunters
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is artist signed and numbered. Jacques Despierre was born in St. Etienne France, 1912-1995. He studied at the Academie Colarrossi and also at the Ecole des Beaux arts in P...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paint, Lithograph
Ficus Elastica - Original lithograph - Limited / 25 copies
By Max Ernst
Located in Paris, IDF
Max ERNST (1891-1976)
Ficus Elastica, c. 1965
Original lithograph
Unsigned
Numbered / XXV copies
On Japanese paper 57 x 42 cm
INFORMATION: Edition produced by Lucien Treillard, pub...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Survivor' — Elizabeth Catlett, African American Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Elizabeth Catlett, 'Survivor', linocut, 1983, edition 1000. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '914/1000' in pencil. A fine impression, on...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Walking Blindly, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches 300gm paper. Paper Size: 21.8125 x 18.3125 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, For My People, 1992. Published...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Diurnes: The Goat in a Mountain - Original Collotype and Stencil (Cramer #115)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Diurnes: The Goat in a Mountain, 1962
Original collotype and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Unsigned
Limited to 1000 copy
On paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15,7 x 11,8 ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil