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Period: Late 20th Century
The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman) Poster (Signed)
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937-2005)
Title: "The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman)"
*Signed by Scholder in purple marker lower right
Circa:...
Category
Expressionist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
$700 Sale Price
30% Off
Origiinal Perrier pop art sparkling Perrier water poster Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Andy Warhol Poster, Perrier sparkling water, 1983 (horizontal format). Pop Art.
Description: The poster features three Perrier bottles seemingly floating in the air. The de...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Homecoming (The Green Horse), Modern Signed Lithograph by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Completed in 1973, this lithograph by Modern master Marc Chagall was printed by Mourlot in Paris for the publication "XXe Siecle". This publication came from San Lazzaro and was a se...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Seated Woman - Etching by Sandro Chia - 1983
By Sandro Chia
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Sandro Chia in 1983.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 75x61.
Artist proof and signed and dedicated, out of an edition of 50.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$673 Sale Price
25% Off
"l'Arcangelo" From the suite "Les Vtraux"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled, "l'Arcangelo (The Archangel)" from the suite, "lLes Vitaux" 1973 is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by artist Salvador Dali 1904-1989....
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pantagruel : The Old Wizard - Original handsigned lithograph (Field 73-7A)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
Pantagruel : The Old Wizard, 1973
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered edition of 250 copies on Japan paper with color
Dimensions 75.5 x 53.5 cm (c. 3...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
untitled (horseman)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This whimsical and surreal etching by Mexican artist Maximino Javier, dated 1984, embodies his unique visual language that blends fantasy, folklore, and satire. Executed with intrica...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Hockney, The Prisoner for Amnesty International, hand signed 17/100 Framed
Located in New York, NY
From the rare, Deluxe, hand signed edition of only 100:
David Hockney
The Prisoner, for Amnesty International, 1977
Color Offset Lithograph
Hand signed, numbered 17/100 and inscribed...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Lithograph, Offset
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pastorale, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - Pastorale, Portfolio: Historia de Don Quichote de la Mancha, Year: 1981, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed and numbered in penc...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Draw, by Paul Botello
By Paul Botello
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 66, completed in 1991.
Paul Botello was born and raised in East Los Angeles. His brother is East Los Streetscraper co-founder, David Botello....
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
The Queen's Croquet Ground (Field 69-5, A-M), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on Papeterie de Mandeure vélin paper. Paper Size: 16.93 x 11.22 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Dalí, ...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jazz II Deluxe 1980 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Romare Bearden
Title: Jazz II Deluxe
Medium: Screen Print
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 178/200
Size: 31 x 41½ inches
Romare Bearden (1911–1988) was a celebrated Afri...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
A Mad Tea Party (Field 69-5, A-M), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on Papeterie de Mandeure vélin paper. Paper Size: 16.93 x 11.22 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Dalí, ...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Segui Roland Garros French Open 1999 Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The 1999 Roland Garros poster by Antonio Seguí is a vibrant and whimsical work that captures the lively spirit of the French Open through a playful and satirical lens. Seguí’s use of...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Composition (ULAE S13), Jasper Johns, Screenprints, Jasper Johns
By Jasper Johns
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on Patapar printing parchment paper. Paper Size: 10.125 x 10.125 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Jasper Johns, Screenprints...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$4,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
FAMILY Signed Lithograph Abstract Portrait, People, Latin American Woman Artist
Located in Union City, NJ
Raquel Forner (1902-1988) Argentine woman painter and printmaker born in Buenos Aires in 1902 and died in the same city in 1988, regarded as one of the best Argentine female painters...
Category
Expressionist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Lucky Strike (Littmann P. 78)
By Keith Haring
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on Arches cotton rag paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 70/80, and signed in the plate, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference:...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$36,000 Sale Price
20% Off
The Open Door 1979 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Romare Bearden
Title: The Open Door
Year: 1979
Print: Lithograph on Somerset Paper
Paper size : 22'' x 30''
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 4/175
Romare Bearden is r...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
WARHOL & HARING - Jazz, Dancing on Music Sheet - Screenprint Poster, Montreux
By Andy Warhol
Located in Paris, IDF
Andy WARHOL and Keith HARING
Jazz, Dancing on Music Sheet, 1986
Screenprint
Printed signature in the plate
On heavy paper 100 x 70 cm (c. 40 x 28 in)
Created by Haring for the Montr...
Category
American Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, IDF
David HOCKNEY
Pool Diver
Original lithograph
Signature printed in the plate
On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch)
Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972
Excellent condition
Category
American Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original American Music Festival NYC Ballet Serigraph pop art poster
By Keith Haring
Located in Spokane, WA
Original pop art poster: American Music Festival New York City Ballet – 1988 by Keith Haring.
This New York City Ballet serigraph poster from 1988 / by Keith Haring features the A...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
K, 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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
The Conversation 1979 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Romare Bearden
Title: Conversation
Year: 1979
Print - Lithograph on Somerset Paper
Paper size: 22'' x 30'' inches
Edition: signed & numbered in pencil, HC 5/15
Image Size ...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference Spies/Leppien 202. Published in 1971 by XXe Siecle. Sheet size: 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (310 x 238 mm). Not signed.
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Sacre Du Printemps" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1973 for the art revue XXe Siecle and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (310 x 238 mm). Not signed.
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Drop of Life' — from 'Solitude' for Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Naoko Matsubara, 'Drop of Life' for the portfolio 'Solitude', color woodcut, 1971. A fine impression with fresh, vivid colors, on cream laid Japan paper, the full sheet with margins,...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
KEITH HARING 'THE STORY OF RED AND BLUE - 1990, L. pp. 128-13, SIGNED & NUMBERED
By Keith Haring
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Keith Haring
Title: Plate 5 from Story of Red and Blue (L. pp. 128-133)
Medium: Screen print in colors on wove paper
Sheet Size: 22 x 16.5 inches
Frame Size: approx 28.5 x 22...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Roy De Forest, Dog lithograph, signed/n by world renowned California pet painter
Located in New York, NY
Roy De Forest
Untitled (Dog), 1981
Color lithograph with deckled edges. Floated and framed.
Pencil signed and numbered from the edition of 125
Frame Included: held in original vintage white frame
Wonderful whimsical rare 1981 lithograph by the incredibly popular and beloved Roy de Forest, famous for his paintings and prints of dogs...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Illeana II, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 23.5 x 31.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by Galerie La Vigne, Paris, in an edi...
Category
Photorealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Phil, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Chuck Close
By Chuck Close
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on vélin Strathmore 3-ply paper. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. Publ...
Category
Minimalist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer's Ink
$5,996 Sale Price
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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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
$30,000
Marina - Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Marina is a lithograph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1977.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Edition of 29/50 prints.
The artwork represents the marina with an abstract multicolo...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$357 Sale Price
25% Off
Down the Rabbit Hole (Field 69-5, A-M), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on Papeterie de Mandeure vélin paper. Paper Size: 16.93 x 11.22 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Dalí, ...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Téléphone-homard cybernétique (M/L 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, silkscreen, drypoint, and collage on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Inscription: hand signed and numbered, I-70/250, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Imaginat...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$22,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Calder, Sunburst, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate, embossed with the official Braniff Flying Colors Collection seal, and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Not...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Cup 2 Picasso (ULAE 123), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Jasper Johns
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Johns, Jasper, et al. The Prints...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Brass Section (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70-77), Jazz Series
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: hand signed and numbered, 110/175, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the Jazz Series, 1979. Published by London Arts Group, Detr...
Category
Expressionist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$6,000 Sale Price
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JUMPIN' & JIVIN' Signed Lithograph, Jazz Club, Band Musicians, Color Collage
Located in Union City, NJ
JUMPIN & JIVIN' is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the American artist James Denmark printed on archival Somerset pap...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,400 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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Matisse, Le Lagon (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1983
Paper Size: 15 x 22.5 inches, with centerfold, as issued
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Henri Mat...
Category
Fauvist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
The Songs of Songs, Hand-Signed Lithograph Poster after Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Songs of Songs, Year: 1975, Medium: Lithograph Poster, signed in color pencil lower right, Edition: 8500, Size: 30 x 20.25 in. (7...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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