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Period: 20th Century
The Vitraux : The Angel - Original Lithograph Handsigned (Field #74-5I)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
The Vitraux : The Angel, 1973
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered edition of 250 copies
On Arches vellum, 65 x 48 cm (c. 25.6 x 18.9 inch)
References...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
Margit Smiles
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
signed and numbered lower image
edition 7/40
Catalogue raisonné 00269
Internationally recognized painter and printmaker Alex Katz was born in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. Over a thir...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
$30,000
Crucifixion of Christ
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a hand-signed and numbered lithograph by Salvador Dalí, titled Crucifixion of Christ, from an edition of 150 printed on Arches paper. The signature appears outside the image,...
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
$3,996 Sale Price
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Renoir, Le chapeau épinglé, état en couleur, Les Lithographies de Renoir (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané à la marque de l'éditeur paper.
Year: 1951
Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches; image size: 11.02 x 8.66 inches
Inscription: Signed in th...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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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
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
Cow (Feldman & Schellmann II.11), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in colours on wallpaper. Inscription: printed, “Andy Warhol” in margin, as issued. Excellent condition. Notes: Published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; printed by Bill...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$47,996 Sale Price
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Allegory of Love : Woman surrounded by Angels and Doves - Etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Francois BOUCHER
Allegory of Love : Woman surrounded by Angels and Doves
Etching
Unsigned
On Vellum 38 x 50 cm (c. 15 x 20 in)
Probably edited c. 1950
Excellent condition
Category
Mannerist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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
$240 Sale Price
52% Off
Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,796 Sale Price
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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
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
$39,996 Sale Price
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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 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
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
de Vlaminck, Chataigneraie à Chatou, Fauves, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1972
Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Fauves, VII, Collec...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
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Soutine, Paysage à Cagnes, Soutine, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1966
Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Soutine, I, Collect...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Casanova : Sommelier Love with Cucumber - Original etching (Field #67-4E)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969)
Casanova : Sommelier Love with Cucumber, 1967
Original etching
Signed in the plate
On vellum Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog r...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Warhol and Basquiat Paintings, 1985. Original 'Boxing' Exhibition Poster
Located in San Rafael, CA
Warhol and Basquiat Paintings, 1985 'Boxing Poster'
First edition original exhibition poster published by Tony Shafrazi / Bruno Bischoberger
Offset sheet printed in color
Photographe...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Chagall, La Danse, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, Sur Quatre Murs, N° 36-3...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
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Gay Sexuality
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The lithograph titled "Gay Sexuality" by Kees Ruyter, measuring 33 x 23.25 inches, explicitly addresses themes related to gay sexuality, as indicated by its title. While specific det...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Tree - Lithograph Signed in the Plate - Mourlot 1965
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri Matisse
Tree
Lithograph in colors (printed in Atelier Mourlot)
Signed in the plate
Edition of 250 copies
On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
Very good condition
INFO...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original 1974 Show Poster 67 Watercolors-Drawings-Gouaches Sala Gaspar Barcelona
Located in Miami, FL
Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
"67 Acuarelas-Dibujos-Gouaches de 1897 a 1971", 1974
("67 Watercolors-Drawings-Gouaches from 1897 to 1971", 1974)
An Export Permit issued by the Span...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
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
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
Picasso, étude pour la céramique, Céramiques de Picasso (Orozco 105) (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype and lithograph on vélin gloss finish paper (to resemble the finish of ceramic), archivally hinged on vélin paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 15 x 11.25 inches
Catalogue ...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,436 Sale Price
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Braque, Paysage a L'estaque, Fauves, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1972
Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Fauves, VII, Collec...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Original The Rocky Horror Picture Show US 1 sheet movie poster, on linen, 1975
Located in Spokane, WA
Original The Rocky Horror Picture Show vintage movie poster, professionally linen backed with original fold marks restored, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A different set of jaws. ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Chagall, Tribe of Joseph, 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 Décora...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
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Olympia - Poster - Vintage Poster by Francesco Clemente - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Olympia - Poster is a vintage poster realized by the italian artist Francesco Clemente (Naples, 1952) in occasion of the XIV Winter Olympics games in Sarajevo, in 1984.
Very good co...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Visual Aid for Band Aid SIGNED 104 British artists: David Hockney, Bridget Riley
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Joe Tilson, Howard Hodgkin, Peter Blake + 99 artists
Visual Aid for Band Aid - designed, and HAND SIGNED and annotated by 104 renowned artists, with official signed COA, 1985
Large olor silkscreen on velin Arches 300 gsm paper with publishers' blind stamp and COA
Signed and annotated in various inks and pencil by all 104 artists listed in the official publishers' COA affixed to the back of the frame; numbered 215/500
Publisher
Coriander Studio, United Kingdom
Frame included: Floated and framed in a wood frame under UV acrylic glazing
Measurements:
Framed:
59.5 inches (vertical) by 39 inches (horizontal) by .75 inches (depth)
Artwork:
48 inches (vertical) by 36 inches (horizontal)
Some of the 104 renowned visual artists who signed and annotated this print in pencil are:
Bridget Riley, David Hockney, Peter Blake, Allen Jones, Eduardo Paolozzi, Elisabeth Frink, R.B. Kitaj, Richard Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Joe Tilson, Patrick Heron, Paula Rego, Terry Frost, Patrick Caulfield, Craigie Aitchison. Gillian Ayres, Maggi Hambling, Michael Craig-Martin, Frank Bowling, Humphrey Ocean...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Screen
Stripes from the House of the Shaman Rare print Hand Signed ink by Joseph Beuys
By Joseph Beuys
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Beuys
Stripes from the House of the Shaman (Hand Signed), 1980
Silkscreen exhibition poster with offset lettering on wove paper; hand signed by Joseph Beuys
Boldly signed on t...
Category
Conceptual 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Purgatorio, Canto IX (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michl...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
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
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
The Hugh O'Neill Building, 655-671 Sixth Avenue, NYC, lithograph Signed/N Framed
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
The Hugh O'Neill Building, 655-671 Sixth Avenue, New York City, 1974
Lithograph on Arches paper
Signed, titled and annotated "TP" in graphite pencil on the front
Edition...
Category
Realist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Allusions, Bay of Naples (from the collection of Donald Baechler) Signed/N print
By Cy Twombly
Located in New York, NY
Cy Twombly
Allusions, Bay of Naples (from the collection of Donald Baechler), 1975
Color offset lithograph and photo lithograph on wove paper
Signed and numbered 56/80 in ink on the ...
Category
Realist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
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
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
'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
Chocolate Buddha 1
By Keith Haring
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Keith Haring
Title: Chocolate Buddha 1
Medium: Lithograph on Arches Infinity paper
Date: 1989
Edition: 44/90
Sheet Size: 22" x 27 3/4"
Frame S...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Head of a Gaul, British Museum Roman Classical sculpture photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Head of a Gaul'
Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the imag...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
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
'Unemployed Marchers' — American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Unemployed Marchers', 2-color lithograph, c. 1938, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '2/25' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression on off-white, wove paper, w...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mary Magdalene - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
Mary Magdalene
Original lithograph enhanced in pastel
Printed signature in the plate
On light cream tinted vellum 32,5 x 47 cm (c. 12,7 x 18,5 inch)
INF...
Category
Academic 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
V, Hockney's Alphabet, David Hockney
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper. Paper Size: 12.75 x 9.75 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Hockney's ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
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Casanova : Woman and Cup of Chocolate - Original etching (Field #67-4 L)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969)
Casanova : Woman and Cup of Chocolate, 1967
Original etching
Signed in the plate
On vellum Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog rai...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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
$4,796 Sale Price
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The House of Shango — African American artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/4 to 3 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 24 x 18 inches (610 x 457 mm); sheet size 30 inches x 22 1/4 inches (762 x 565 mm). Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
ABOUT THIS WORK
“The title of this piece is an unmistakable harkening to African roots. Shango is a religious practice with origins in Yoruba (Nigerian) belief, deifying a god of thunder by the same name. Shango has been adopted in the Caribbean, most notably in Trinidad and Tobago, a fact that underscores the importance of transnationalism to Samella Lewis’s piece. Her work often grapples with issues of race in the U.S., and The House of Shango is no exception. Through a reliance on the gradual transformation of Shango—one that took place across continents and time—Lewis’s piece forms a powerful link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean counterparts. The figure depicted in the piece appears to emerge, quite literally, from the house of Shango. Given the roots and transformative process of the religion, The House of Shango can draw attention to the historical intersections to which black American culture is indebted.” —Laura Woods, Scripps College, Ruth Chander Williamson Gallery, Collection Highlights, 2018
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Samella Lewis’ lifelong career as an artist, art historian, critic, curator, collector, and advocate of African American art has helped empower generations of artists in the United States and worldwide, earning her the designation “the Godmother of African American art.”
Born and raised in Jim Crow era New Orleans, Lewis began her art education at Dillard University in 1941, transferring to Hampton University in Virginia, where she earned her B. A. and master's degrees. She completed her master's and a doctorate in art history and cultural anthropology at Ohio State University in 1951, becoming the first female African American to earn a doctorate in fine art and art history.
Lewis taught art at Morgan State University while completing her doctorate. She became the first Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Florida A&M University in 1953. That same year Lewis also became the first African American to convene the National Conference of African American artists held at Florida A&M University. She was a professor at the State University of New York, California State University, Long Beach, and at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Lewis co-founded, with Bernie Casey, the Contemporary Crafts Gallery in Los Angeles in 1970. In 1973, she served on the selection committee for the exhibition BLACKS: USA: 1973 held at the New York Cultural Center.
Samella Lewis's 1969 catalog 'Black Artists on Art', featured accomplished black artists typically overlooked in mainstream art galleries. She said of the book, "I wanted to make a chronology of African American artists, and artists of African descent, to document our history. The historians weren't doing it. It was really about the movement."
From the 1960s through the 1970s, her work, which included lithographs, linocuts, and serigraphs, reflected her concerns with the values of human dignity, democracy, and freedom of expression. Between 1969 and 70, Lewis and E.J. Montgomery were consultants for a groundbreaking exhibition at the Oakland Public L designed to create greater awareness of African American history and art.
Lewis was the founder of the International Review of African American Art in 1975. In 1976, she founded the Museum of African-American Art with a group of artistic, academic, business, and community leaders in Los Angeles, California. Lewis, the museum’s senior curator, organized exhibitions and developed new ways of educating the public about African American art. She celebrated African American art as an 'art of experience’ inspired by the artists’ lives. And she espoused the concept of African American art as an 'art of tradition', urging museums to explore the African roots of African American art. In 1984, Lewis produced an extensive monograph on Elizabeth Catlett, her beloved mentor at Dillard University.
Lewis has been collecting art since 1942, focusing primarily on the WPA era and work created during the Harlem Renaissance. Pieces from her collection were acquired by the Hampton University Museum in Virginia, the world’s earliest collection of African American fine art...
Category
Realist 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
Diurnes: On the Rock - Original Collotype and Stencil (Cramer #115)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Diurnes, On the Rock, 1962
Original collotype and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Unsigned
Limited to 1000 copy
On paper 30 x 40 cm (c. 11,8 x 15.7 in)
REFERE...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil
Statue of Liberty, Pop Art Poster by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 -) - Statue of Liberty, Year: circa 1986, Medium: Poster, Image Size: 30.5 x 15 inches, Frame Size: 44.25 x 28.25 inches
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Pablo Picasso - Le Ballet (The Ballet Dancer) - lithograph, Framed
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso
Le Ballet, 1954
Lithograph on paper
32 x 24 cm - sheet
49.5 x 37 cm - Framed
unknown edition size
Printed signature
References : - Catalogue raisonné Bloch #767 - Ca...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jill, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 29.75 x 22.25 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered 166/300, as issued. Notes: Published and printed by...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1967 at the atelier of Clot, Bramsen et Georges and published in an edition of 2500 for "Les Temps Situationistes" (The Situationist ...
Category
20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Apple Blossoms III' — Modernist Representation
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fairfield Porter, 'Apple Blossoms III', color lithograph, 1974, edition 50. Signed, numbered '17/50', and annotated 'III' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh col...
Category
Modern 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph