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Period: Late 20th Century
Blues, signed/N limited edition lithograph, famed African American artist Framed
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Catlett
Blues, 1983
Color offset lithograph and lithograph on cream wove paper
Signed, titled, dated and numbered (126/130) in graphite pencil on the front
Printed and publ...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 193-204), Au Baiser D'Avignon (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso au baiser d'Avignon, douze dessins, lavis, aquarelle...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Potpourri en ciel, Alexander Calder
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper size: 29 x 21.875 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 88/90, as issued. Notes: Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed by Art...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Shiny Nude screen print 1977
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Shiny Nude" by Tom Wesselmann, published by Parasol Press LTD. and printed by A. Colish Press, stands out for its glossy finish and vibrant depiction of th...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
'Simplicius' Farewell to the World' — Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'Simplicius’ Farewell To The World' from the suite 'The Adventurous Simplicissimus', wood engraving, 1977, artist's proof apart from the edition of 50. Signed in pencil. Signed in the block, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 14 x 12 inches (356 x 305 mm); sheet size 17 1/2 x 15 inches (445 x 381 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted.
ABOUT THIS WORK
'Simplicius Simplicissimus' (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch) is a picaresque novel of the lower Baroque style, written in five books by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen published in 1668, with the sequel Continuatio appearing in 1669.
The novel is told from the perspective of its protagonist Simplicius, a rogue or picaro typical of the picaresque novel, as he traverses the tumultuous world of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. Raised by a peasant family, he is separated from his home by foraging dragoons. He is adopted by a hermit living in the forest, who teaches him to read and introduces him to religion. The hermit also gives Simplicius his name because he is so simple that he does not know his own name. After the death of the hermit, Simplicius must fend for himself. He is conscripted at a young age into service and, from there, embarks on years of foraging, military triumph, wealth, prostitution, disease, bourgeois domestic life, and travels to Russia, France, and an alternate world inhabited by mermen. The novel ends with Simplicius turning to a life of hermitage, denouncing the world as corrupt.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990) was a German-American illustrator and arts educator who worked primarily in wood engraving. His best-known works were concerned with religion, social justice, and nonviolence.
Eichenberg was born to a Jewish family in Cologne, Germany, where the destruction of World War I helped to shape his anti-war sentiments. He worked as a printer's apprentice and studied at the Municipal School of Applied Arts in Cologne and the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig, where he studied under Hugo Steiner-Prag. In 1923 he moved to Berlin to begin his career as an artist, producing illustrations for books and newspapers. In his newspaper and magazine work, Eichenberg was politically outspoken and sometimes wrote and illustrated his reporting.
In 1933, the rise of Adolf Hitler drove Eichenberg, who was a public critic of the Nazis, to emigrate with his wife and children to the United States. He settled in New York City, where he lived most of his life. He worked in the WPA Federal Arts Project and was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.
In his prolific career as a book illustrator, Eichenberg portrayed many forms of literature but specialized in works with elements of extreme spiritual and emotional conflict, fantasy, or social satire. Over his long career, Eichenberg was commissioned to illustrate more than 100 classics by publishers in the United States and abroad, including works by renowned authors Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Poe, Swift, and Grimmelshausen. He also wrote and illustrated books of folklore and children's stories.
Eichenberg was a long-time contributor to the progressive magazine The Nation, his illustrations appearing between 1930 and 1980. Eichenberg’s work has been featured by such esteemed publishers as The Heritage Club, Random House, Book of the Month Club, The Limited Editions Club, Kingsport Press, Aquarius Press, and Doubleday.
Raised in a non-religious family, Eichenberg had been attracted to Taoism as a child. Following his wife's unexpected death in 1937, he turned briefly to Zen Buddhist meditation, then joined the Religious Society of Friends in 1940. Though he remained a Quaker until his death, Eichenberg was also associated with Catholic charity work through his friendship with Dorothy Day...
Category
American Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Andy Warhol FS II.146 (dual signed screen print)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on arches aquarelle (rough) paper. Hand signed lower right by Andy Warhol; hand signed lower left by Mick Jagger. Edition 35/250 (there were also 50 artist’s proofs)....
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
“Lithograph 3”
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Original colored lithograph, hand signed by the artist Narc Chagall lower right middle. Sight size is 13.75 by 10 inches. This was the cover for Lithograph 3 published by Mourlot in...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Manhattan!!, Pop Art Poster by Tony Graham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tony Graham is a graphic artist known for his drawings and prints of New York City. “Manhattan” is the artist’s most iconic and collectible image published in 1978. Nicely framed.
M...
Category
Folk Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Favor Rites
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The title Favor Rites for this poster references a theme or concept related to rituals, preferences, or influential practices in art or culture. Rauschenberg's use of titles often co...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Picasso, Le Goût du Bonheur 65 (Cramer 148; Bloch 2013) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Deluxe Hand Signed Lt Ed Olympic Diver in Swimming Pool coveted lithograph w/COA
Located in New York, NY
"Water in swimming pools changes its look more than any other form. If the water surface is almost still and there is a strong sun, then dancing lines with the color of the spectrum appear everywhere." -
- David Hockney
David Hockney
Offset Lithograph poster (Deluxe Hand Signed Limited Edition) on Parsons Diploma Parchment Paper, accompanied by COA from the Publisher and Olympic Committee
36 × 24 inches
Pencil signed and unnumbered from the Edition of 750 (there was a separate, larger unsigned edition)
Unframed
Also accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee
One of the most coveted, historic and popular David Hockney limited editions created - beloved by American and international collectors alike:
The official edition of this work is 750, but the publisher famously destroyed unsold editions after the Olympic Games and only about 200-250 are said to remain. This hand signed limited edition iconic Hockney work was printed as one of the fifteen Official Fine Art Olympic Posters for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (the XXIII'rd Olympiad). It depicts an aerial view of a swimmer under rippling water broken up into 12 squares. A statement released by the 1984 Olympic committee explains the set as follows - "The posters commissioned for the 1984 Olympics contain an enlightened selection of the best American artists with special emphasis on those who work in Southern California...As the Games develop, transpire and pass into memory, these fifteen posters contain the images, forms and symbols that will represent the 1984 Olympics in the museums, galleries, homes and the minds of people all over the world.” This work is NOT to be confused with the ubiquitous plate signed poster of the same image, which was printed on different paper in an open edition.) In 1982, the Olympic Committee commissioned 15 artists to create posters for the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Hockney designed this offset lithograph depicting Olympic swimming. It was printed on Parsons Diploma Parchment paper in 1982, in an edition of 750, hand signed in pencil by the artist. Even though this print was published in an edition of 750, after the first marketing blitz, the publisher destroyed the remaining portfolios of signed prints - literally discarding hundreds of them in the dumpster. The Olympic Committee commissioned these portfolios to celebrate and promote the 1984 Olympics, and nobody expected the individual prints to have such enduring value. As the executives running the short-term promotional campaign were neither prophets nor curators, they saw no reason to hold on to these huge prints...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Vintage David Hockney Poster San Francisco Opera 1982, whimsical color drawings
Located in New York, NY
Vintage poster for the 1982 Summer Festival season of the San Francisco Opera. David Hockney designed the whimsical sets and costumes for the San Francisco Opera's production of Igor...
Category
Neo-Expressionist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ostrich and the Woman ~ L'autruche et la femme 1980 Signed Limited Edition
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Philippe Noyer
Title: L'autruche et la femme ~ The ostrich and the woman
Year: 1980
Print: Lithograph 46'' x 31.5'' inches
Edition: Signed in pencil and numbered 9/325
Date:...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 193-204), Au Baiser D'Avignon (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso au baiser d'Avignon, douze dessins, lavis, aquarelle...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Twins : Men in a Mirror - Print : Grreeting Card for Galerie Chave 1977
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Michel FOLON
Twins : Men in a Mirror, 1977
Greeting card (Heliogravure)
Unsigned
Limited edition of 200 unumbered proofs
On Arches vellum 27 x 18 cm (c. 11 x 7 inch)
INFORMATI...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
"Arizovert" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed for XXe Siecle (No. 39) in 1972 and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (310 x 240 mm). Not signed.
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Costruzione Arancio - Lithograph by Luigi Veronesi - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The proposed print is a lithograph with a print run of 99 copies, in very good condition.
On the lithograph are the print number in the lower margins with its print run and the hand...
Category
Abstract Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Léger, Composition, mes voyages (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin bouffant des Papeteries de Hauteville paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger mes voyages avec un poème d'...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Book, Silkscreen, S/N from the 1776-1976: USA Bicentennial Prints portfolio
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
Will Barnet
The Book, from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio, 1975
Silkscreen in colors on white Arches wove paper
Pencil signed, titled and numbered 65/75 on the fron...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
ELLA FITZGERALD Lithograph, Celebrity Caricature Portrait, Female Jazz Vocalist
Located in Union City, NJ
ELLA FITZGERALD is a limited edition lithograph by the renowned artist/caricaturist Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) printed using traditional lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free. ELLA FITZGERALD is an impressive black and white celebrity caricature portrait of "Lady Ella" wearing eyeglasses singing, holding a microphone in her left hand. Hirschfeld masterfully expresses her songful character using fluid black line drawing and cross hatching to create shadows and contours.
Print size - 18.5 x 20.5 inches, image size - 13 x 15 in., unframed, excellent condition, unsigned printer's proof aside from the edition of 100 printed in the early 1990's.
About the artist -
Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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 Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Paper
8 Hearts / Look, Lt. Ed Off-set Lithograph with metallic paper collage overlay
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine
8 Hearts / Look, Off-set Lithograph with metallic paper collage overlay
Galerie Thomas exhibition print, 1970
Color lithograph and offset lithograph on wove paper
Plate sign...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Everybody's Bookshop, Everybody's Books, Color photorealist lithograph Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham
Everybody's Bookshop, Everybody's Books, 1975
Color Lithograph
23 × 18 inches
Signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil on the front; Bears Artist's cop...
Category
Photorealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hölle XXX (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Afghan Girl iconic poster: Sharbat Gula, Pakistan (Hand Signed by Steve McCurry)
Located in New York, NY
Steve McCurry
Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, Pakistan (Hand Signed), 1984
Offset Lithograph poster
Hand signed by the photographer in black felt pen on the front
24 × 20 inches
Unframed...
Category
Realist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Felt Pen, Lithograph, Offset
Composition (Sabatier 393), Centre Noeuds, Roberto Matta
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 23.875 x 17.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 38/125, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Centre Noeuds, 1974. Published by ...
Category
Modern Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Rare exhibition print (Hand Signed by Willem de Kooning), Estate of Alan York
Located in New York, NY
Willem de Kooning
de Kooning in East Hampton (Hand Signed), from Estate of Alan York, 1978
Offset lithograph poster (Hand signed by de Kooning)
Boldly signed in green marker on the f...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
MARC CHAGALL "DAY BREAK - 1983"
By Marc Chagall
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
"Day Break"
lithograph in colours, 1983, on wove paper.
Signed in pencil, Numbered 26/50 in pencil
21.5 x 17 Inches.
LITERATURE: Mourlot 1014
CONDITION: Exce...
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Big Band, Art Deco Screenprint by Giancarlo Impiglia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Giancarlo Impiglia, Italian/American (1940 - ) - The Big Band, Year: 1987, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 57/300, Size: 31 x 28.5 in. (78.74 x 72.39...
Category
Art Deco Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
La Danse (Yellow), Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Martin Barooshian
Located in Long Island City, NY
Martin Barooshian, American (1929 - 2022) - La Danse (Yellow), Year: circa 1979, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, initialed in the plate and signed in pencil, Image Size: ...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Louisiana Serenade (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
Jonathan Winters Screenprint Canvas Painting Airplane Hollywood Hang Ups Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Overall 21 X 27 image is 17.25 X 23.5
This is a mixed media print on canvas by beloved comedian and artist Jonathan Winters.
This one depicts old biplane airplanes and parachutes
...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Screen
Chagall, Composition (Cramer 111; Mourlot 992), Derrière le Miroir (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 246. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur...
Category
Expressionist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Miró, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 859), Joan Miro Lithographs (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, Joan Miró Lithographs, Volume I, 1972. Published by Tudor Publishi...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Harlequin from Parade for the Metropolitan Opera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This rare and collectible poster by David Hockney was part of a series of three billboards commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1981. Designed specifically for ...
Category
Pop Art Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Miró, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 861), Joan Miro Lithographs (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, Joan Miró Lithographs, Volume I, 1972. Published by Tudor Publishi...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Miró, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 857), Joan Miro Lithographs (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, Joan Miró Lithographs, Volume I, 1972. Published by Tudor Publishi...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Le Goût du Bonheur 5 (Cramer 148; Bloch 2013) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Michler/Löpsinger 1601), Romeo e Giulietta
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, silkscreen in colors on vélin vergata paper. Paper size: 16.5 x 12.625 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: M...
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Monkey - Lithograph by Alberto Mastroianni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Monkey is an original artwork realized by Alberto Mastroianni in 1970 ca.
Lithograph.
Hand Signed.
Edition of 150 pieces.
Category
Contemporary Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 193-204), Au Baiser D'Avignon (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso au baiser d'Avignon, douze dessins, lavis, aquarelle...
Category
Cubist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (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
The Bullfighter (Golden Calf)
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Bullfighter (Golden Calf)
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine
EDITION NUMBER: XXV/CL
MEASUREMENTS: 29.25" x 20....
Category
Surrealist Late 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Lendas Africanas Da Bahia" from the suite.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Lendas Africanas Da Bahia" from the suite, 1978, is an original colors woodcut by renown Brazilian/Argentinian artist Hector Julio Paride Barnabo Carybe, 1911-1997. It is hand signed and numbered 83/200 in pencil by the artist. The Wood block mark (image) is 23.65 x 15.75 inches, sheet size is 26.75 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. It will be shipped in a 8 inches diameter heavy duty tube.
About the artist:
Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó (7 February 1911 – 2 October 1997) was an Argentine-Brazilian artist, researcher, writer, historian and journalist. His nickname and artistic name, Carybé, a type of piranha, comes from his time in the scouts. He died of heart failure after the meeting of a candomblé community's lay board of directors, the Cruz Santa Opô Afonjá Society, of which he was a member.
Quick Facts Born, Died ...
Carybé
Born
Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó
7 February 1911
Lanús, Argentina
Died
2 October 1997 (aged 86)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Nationality
Brazilian
Known for
Painter, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, potter, sculptor, mural painter, researcher, historian and journalist
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He produced thousands of works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures and sketches. He was an Obá de Xangô, an honorary position at Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá.
Orixá Panels in the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador
Some of Carybé's work can be found in the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador: 27 cedar panels representing different orixás or divinities of the Afro-Brazilian religion candomblé. Each panel shows a divinity with their associated implements and animal. The work was commissioned by the former Banco da Bahia S.A., now Banco BBM S.A., which originally installed them in its branch on Avenida Sete de Setembro in 1968.
Murals at Miami International Airport
American Airlines, Odebrecht and the Miami-Dade Aviation Department partnered to install two of Carybé's murals at Miami International Airport. They have been displayed in the American Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York since 1960. The 16.5 x 53-foot murals were accredited when Carybé won the first and the second prize in a contest of public art pieces for JFK airport.
As its terminal at that airport was due for demolition, American Airlines donated the murals to Miami-Dade County, and Odebrecht invested in a project to remove, restore, transport and install the murals at Miami International Airport.
The mural "Rejoicing and Festival of the Americas" portrays colorful scenes from popular festivals throughout the Americas, and "Discovery and Settlement of the West" depicts the pioneers’ journey into the American West.
Carybé's Woodcuts in Gabriel García Márquez's Books
Carybé illustrated four books by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, including One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Love in the Time of Cholera "Carybé: um mestre da cultura baiana". ArqBahia Arquitetura, design, arte e lifestyle (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2023.. In particular, the woodcuts in One Hundred Years of Solitude are well-known for providing a visual image of the fictional town of Macondo, where the story takes place. The illustrations depict the colorful and winding houses, the railway bridge, and the hot and humid climate of the region, contributing to the reader's immersion in the story.
Carybé's woodcuts are, therefore, an important part of Gabriel García Márquez's literary legacy, bringing a visual dimension to his stories that further enriches the reader's experience.
Timeline
1911 — Birth in Lanús, Argentina.
1919 — Moved to Brazil.
1921 — The name Carybé is first given to him by the Clube do Flamengo scouts group, in Rio de Janeiro.
1925 — Beginning of his artistic endeavours, going to the pottery workshop of his elder brother, Arnaldo Bernabó, in Rio de Janeiro.
1927–1929 — Studies at the National School of Fine Arts, in Rio de Janeiro.
1930 — Worked for the newspaper Noticias Gráficas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1935–1936 — Works with the writer Julio Cortázar and as a draughtsman for the El Diario newspaper.
1938 — Sent to Salvador by newspaper Prégon.
1939 — First collective exhibition, with the artist Clemente Moreau, at the Buenos Aires City Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina; illustrates the book Macumba, Relatos de la Tierra Verde, by Bernardo Kardon, published by Tiempo Nuestro.
1940 — Illustrates the book Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade.
1941 — Draws the Esso Almanach, the payment for which allows him to set on a long journey through Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina.
1941–1942 — Study trip around several South American countries.
1942 — Illustration for the book La Carreta by Henrique Amorim, published by El Ateneo (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1943 — Together with Raul Brié, translates the book Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade, into Spanish; produces the illustrations for the works Maracatu, Motivos Típicos y Carnavalescos, by Newton Freitas, published by Pigmaleon, Luna Muerta, by Manoel Castilla, published by Schapire, and Amores de Juventud, by Casanova Callabero; also publishes and illustrates Me voy al Norte, for the quarterly magazine Libertad Creadora; awarded First Prize by the Cámara Argentina del Libro (Argentine Book Council) for the illustration of the book Juvenília, by Miguel Cané (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1944 — Illustrates the books The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitmann and A Cabana do Pai Tomás, both published by Schapire ; as well as and Los Quatro Gigantes del Alma by Mira y Lopez, Salvador BA; attends capoeira classes, visits candomblé meetings and makes drawings and paintings.
1945 — Does the illustrations for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, for the Viau publishing house.
1946 — Helps in setting up the Tribuna da Imprensa newspaper, in Rio de Janeiro.
1947 — Works for the O Diário Carioca newspaper, in Rio de Janeiro.
1948 — Produces texts and illustrations for the book Ajtuss, Ediciones Botella al Mar (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1949–1950 — Invited by Carlos Lacerda to work at the Tribuna da Imprensa, in Rio de Janeiro.
1950 — Invited by the Education Secretary Anísio Teixeira, moves to Bahia, and produces two panels for the Carneiro Ribeiro Education Center (Park School), in Salvador, Bahia.
1950–1997 — Settles in Salvador, Bahia.
1950–1960 — Actively participate in the plastic arts renewal movement, alongside Mário Cravo Júnior, Genaro de Carvalho, and Jenner Augusto.
1951 — Produces texts and illustrations for the works of the Coleção Recôncavo, published by Tipografia Beneditina and illustrations for the book, Bahia, Imagens da Terra e do Povo, by Odorico Tavares, published by José Olímpio in Rio de Janeiro; for the latter work he receives the gold medal at the 1st Biennial of Books and Graphic Arts.
1952 — Makes roughly 1,600 drawings for the scenes of the movie O Cangaceiro, by Lima Barreto; also works as the art director and as an extra on the film (São Paulo, SP).
1953 — Illustrations for the book A Borboleta Amarela, by Rubem Braga, published by José Olímpio (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1955 — Illustrates the work O Torso da Baiana, edited by the Modern Art Museum of Bahia.
1957 — Produces etchings, with original designs, for the special edition of Mário de Andrade's Macunaíma, published by the Sociedade dos 100 Bibliófilos do Brasil.
1958 — Makes an oil painting mural for the Petrobras Office in New York, USA; illustrates the book As Três Mulheres de Xangô, by Zora Seljan, published by Editora G. R. D. (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); Receives a scholarship grant in New York, USA.
1959 — Takes part in the competition for the New York International Airport panels project, in New York, USA, winning first and second prizes.
1961 — Illustrates the book Jubiabá, by Jorge Amado, published by Martins Fontes (São Paulo, SP).
1963 — Awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Salvador, Bahia.
1965 — Illustrates A Muito Leal e Heróica Cidade de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, published by Raymundo Castro Maya (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1966 — With Jorge Amado, co-authors Bahia, Boa Terra Bahia, published by Image (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); writes and illustrates the book Olha o Boi, published by Cultrix (São Paulo, SP).
1967 — Receives the Odorico Tavares Prize – Best Plastic Artist of 1967, in a competition ran by the state government to stimulate the development of plastic arts in Bahia; makes the Orixás Panels for the Banco da Bahia (currently at the UFBA Afro-Brazilian Museum) (Salvador, BA).
1968 — Illustrates the books Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha ao Rei Dom Manuel, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro) and Capoeira Angolana, by Waldeloir Rego, published by Itapoã (Bahia).
1969 — Produces the illustrations for the book Ninguém Escreve ao Coronel, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1970 — Illustrates the books O Enterro do Diabo and Os Funerais de Mamãe Grande, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Agotimé her Legend, by Judith Gleason, published by Grossman Publishers (New York, USA).
1971 — Illustrates the books One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and A Casa Verde by Mario Vargas Llosa, both published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); produces texts and illustrations for the book Candomblé da Bahia, published by Brunner (São Paulo, SP).
1973 — Illustrations for Gabriel Garcia Marquez's A Incrível e Triste História de Cândida Erendira e sua Avó Desalmada (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); paints the mural for the Legislative Assembly and the panel for the Bahia State Secretary of the Treasury.
1974 — Produces woodcuts for the book Visitações da Bahia, published by Onile.
1976 — Illustrates the book O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá: uma história de amor, by Jorge Amado (Salvador, BA); receives the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of Bahia.
1977 — Certified with the Honor for Afro-Brazilian Cult Spiritual Merit, Xangô das Pedrinhas ao Obá de Xangô Carybé (Magé, RJ).
1978 — Makes the concrete sculpture Oxóssi, in the Catacumba Park; illustrates the book A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro D´Água, by Jorge Amado, published by Edições Alumbramento (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1979 — Produces woodcuts for the book Sete Lendas Africanas da Bahia, published by Onile.
1980 — Designs the costumes and scenery for the ballet Quincas Berro D´Água, at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro.
1981 — Publication of the book Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia (Ed. Raízes), following thirty years of research.
1982 — Receives the title of Honorary Doctor of the Federal University of Bahia.
1983 — Makes the panel for the Brazilian Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria.
1984 — Receives the Jerônimo Monteiro Commendation – Level of Knight (Espírito Santo); receives the Castro Alves Medal of Merit, granted by the UFBA Academy of Arts and Letters; makes the bronze sculpture Homenagem à mulher baiana (Homage to the Bahian woman), at the Iguatemi Shopping Center (Salvador, BA).
1985 — Designs the costumes and sets for the spectacle La Bohème, at the Castro Alves Theater; illustrates the book Lendas Africanas dos Orixás, by Pierre Verger, published by Currupio.
1992 — Illustrates the book O sumiço da santa: uma história de feitiçaria, by Jorge Amado (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1995 — Illustration of the book O uso das plantas na sociedade iorubá, by Pierre Verger (São Paulo, SP).
1996 — Making of the short film Capeta Carybé, by Agnaldo Siri Azevedo, adapted from the book O Capeta Carybé, by Jorge Amado, about the artist Carybé, who was born in Argentina and became the most Bahian of all Brazilians.
1997 — Illustration of the book Poesias de Castro Alves.
Exhibitions
ммIndividual Exhibitions:
1943 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — First individual exhibition, at the Nordiska Gallery
1944 — Salta (Argentina) — at the Consejo General de Educacion
1945 — Salta (Argentina) — Amigos del Arte, Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Motivos de América, at the Amauta Gallery, Rio de Janeiro RJ — individual exhibition at the IAB/RJ
1947 — Salta (Argentina) — Agrupación Cultural Femenina
1950 — Salvador BA — First individual exhibit in Bahia, at the Bar Anjo Azul; São Paulo SP — MASP.
1952 — São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1954 — Salvador BA — Oxumaré Gallery
1957 — New York (USA) — Bodley Gallery; Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Bonino Gallery * 1958 - New York (USA) — Bodley Gallery
1962 — Salvador BA - MAM/BA
1963 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Bonino Gallery
1965 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Bonino Gallery
1966 — São Paulo SP — Astrea Gallery
1967 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Santa Rosa Gallery
1969 — London (England) — Varig Airlines
1970 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Galeria da Praça
1971 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — MAM/RJ, São Paulo SP — A Galeria; Belo Horizonte MG, Brasília DF, Curitiba PR, Florianopolis SC, Porto Alegre RS, Rio de Janeiro RJ and São Paulo SP — The Orixás Panel (exhibition tour), at the Casa da Cultura in Belo Horizonte, MAM/DF, the Public Library of Paraná, the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina State, the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul, MAM/RJ and MAM/SP
1972 — The Orixás Panel in Fortaleza CE — at the Ceará Federal University Art Museum, and in Recife PE — at the Santa Isabel Theater
1973 — São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1976 — Salvador BA — at the Church of the Nossa Senhora do Carmo Convent
1980 — São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1981 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril
1982 — São Paulo SP — Renot Art Gallery, São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1983 — New York (USA) — Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia, The Caribbean Cultural Center
1984 — Philadelphia (USA) — Art Institute of Philadelphia; Mexico — Museo Nacional de Las Culturas; São Paulo SP — Galeria de Arte André
1986 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril; Salvador BA — As Artes de Carybé, Núcleo de Artes Desenbanco
1989 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril; São Paulo SP — MASP
1995 — São Paulo SP — Documenta Galeria de Arte, São Paulo SP — Casa das Artes Galeria, Campinas SP — Galeria Croqui, Curitiba PR — Galeria de Arte Fraletti e Rubbo, Belo Horizonte MG — Nuance Galeria de Arte, Foz do Iguaçu PR — Ita Galeria de Arte, Porto Alegre RS — Bublitz Decaedro Galeria de Artes, Cuiabá MT — Só Vi Arte Galeria, Goiânia GO — Época Galeria de Arte, São Paulo SP — Artebela Galeria Arte Molduras, Fortaleza CE — Galeria Casa D'Arte, Salvador BA — Oxum Casa de Arte
Collective Exhibitions:
1939 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Carybé and Clemente Moreau Exhibition, at the Museo Municipal de Belas Artes
1943 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — 29th Salon de Acuarelistas y Grabadores — first prize
1946 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Drawings by Argentine Artists, at the Kraft Gallery
1948 — Washington (USA) — Artists of Argentina, at the Pan American Union Gallery
1949 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Carybé and Gertrudis Chale, at the Viau Gallery; Salvador BA — Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at the Hotel Bahia
1950 — Salvador BA — 2nd Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts; São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1951 — São Paulo SP — 1st São Paulo Art Biennial, Trianon Pavilion.
1952 — Salvador BA — 3rd Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at Belvedere da Sé; São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1953 — Recife PE — Mario Cravo Júnior and Carybé, at the Santa Isabel Theater; São Paulo SP — 2nd São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP
1954 — Salvador BA — 4th Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at the Hotel Bahia. — Bronze medal
1955 — São Paulo SP — 3rd São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP — first prize for drawing
1956 — Salvador BA — Modern Artists of Bahia, at the Oxumaré Gallery; Venice (Italy) — 28th Venice Biennial
1957 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — 6th National Modern Art Show — exemption from the jury; São Paulo SP — Artists from Bahia, at the MAM/SP
1958 — San Francisco (USA) — Works by Brazilian Artists, at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Washington and New York (USA) — Works by Brazilian Artists, at the Pan American Union and the MoMA
1959 — Seattle (USA) — 30th International Exhibition, at the Seattle Art Museum; Salvador BA — Modern Artists of Bahia, at the Dentistry School.
1961 — São Paulo SP — 6th São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP — special room
1963 — Lagos (Nigeria) — Brazilian Contemporary Artists, at the Nigerian Museum; São Paulo SP — 7th São Paulo Art Biennial Bienal, at the Fundação Bienal
1964 — Salvador BA — Christmas Exhibition, at the Galeria Querino
1966 — Baghdad (Iraq) — collective exhibition sponsored by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Madrid (Spain) — Artists of Bahia, at the Hispanic Culture Institute; Rome (Italy) — Piero Cartona Palace; Salvador BA — 1st National Biennial of Plastic Arts (Bienal da Bahia) — special room; Salvador BA — Draughtsmen of Bahia, at the Convivium Gallery
1967 — Salvador BA — Christmas Exhibition at the Panorama Art Gallery; São Paulo SP — Artists of Bahia, at the A Gallery
1968 — São Paulo SP — Bahian Artists, at the A Gallery
1969 — London (England) — Tryon Gallery; São Paulo SP — 1st Panorama of Current Brazilian Art at the MAM/SP; São Paulo SP — Carybé, Carlos Bastos...
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