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Period: Mid-20th Century
Pablo Picasso, Bathers, from Fifteen Drawings, 1946 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Bathers, from the folio Picasso, Fifteen Drawings, 1946, originates from the 1946 edition published by Pantheon Books, Inc., New York, and rendered and printed by Albert Carman, City Island, New York, 1946. Bathers reflects Picassos fascination with the human form and the sensual rhythm of nature, capturing the vitality, balance, and movement of figures intertwined with their environment. With an economy of line and expressive gesture, the composition distills the timeless harmony between form and flow, celebrating the unity of humanity and nature through a lyrical vision of grace and energy.
Executed as a lithograph and pochoir on velin paper, this work measures 12.63 x 18.75 inches. Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the exemplary standards and artistic integrity of the fine art publishing and printmaking of Pantheon Books, Inc., and Albert Carman whose next collaborative project following this edition was with Marc Chagall in the creation of his monumental suite, Four Tales from the Arabian Nights in 1948.
Artwork Details:
Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
Title: Bathers, from the folio Picasso, Fifteen Drawings, 1946
Medium: Lithograph and pochoir on velin paper
Dimensions: 12.63 x 18.75 inches (32.1 x 47.6 cm)
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1946
Edition: D, primary edition; L, out of commerce, hand signed by Pablo Picasso
Publisher: Pantheon Books, Inc., New York
Printer: Albert Carman, City Island, New York
Catalogue raisonne reference: Orozco, Miguel. Picasso Interpretation Prints II - Etchings, Pochoirs & Woodcuts. Catalogue Raisonne. 2023, illustration 388–402
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the folio Picasso, Fifteen Drawings, 1946, published by Pantheon Books, Inc., New York; printed by Albert Carman, City Island, New York, 1946
About the Publication:
Picasso, Fifteen Drawings (1946) was one of the earliest fine art portfolios issued in the United States to feature the work of Pablo Picasso in the mediums of lithography and pochoir. Published by Pantheon Books, Inc., New York—a press renowned for its pioneering role in introducing European modernism to American audiences—the portfolio marked an important cultural bridge between postwar Paris and the emerging art scene in New York. The suite comprised fifteen images selected from Picassos prolific oeuvre, including depictions of mythological figures, musicians, and introspective portraits. Each work was rendered using a combination of lithography and pochoir, printed by Albert Carman at his atelier in City Island, New York, whose craftsmanship ensured a remarkable fidelity to the tonal and chromatic nuances of Picassos originals. The portfolio was produced in an edition of D, primary edition; L, out of commerce, hand signed by Pablo Picasso, issued unbound within a printed paper folder, and distributed primarily through Pantheons art book division under the direction of Kurt Wolff and Monroe Wheeler—key figures in shaping the intellectual reception of modern art in the United States. Picasso, Fifteen Drawings helped establish the artists postwar reputation among American collectors, scholars, and institutions, introducing a generation of viewers to the expressive immediacy and psychological depth of his draftsmanship. The publication also exemplified Pantheons broader mission to make modern European art accessible to an American audience, alongside their landmark editions devoted to Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, and Marc Chagall. Technically refined and historically significant, the portfolio stands as a testament to the transatlantic exchange of modernist aesthetics during the mid-20th century and remains one of the most sought-after Picasso print editions issued in the United States before 1950.
About the Artist:
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist whose extraordinary vision revolutionized modern art and defined the visual language of the 20th century. A child prodigy from Malaga, Spain, Picassos career spanned more than seven decades and encompassed an astonishing range of styles and innovations—from the melancholic Blue and romantic Rose periods to his pioneering invention of Cubism with Georges Braque, which shattered conventional notions of perspective and form. Influenced by the bold expressiveness of El Greco, the structure of Cezanne, and the vitality of African and Iberian sculpture, Picasso became a central figure of the Paris avant-garde, working in creative dialogue with contemporaries such as Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray. His insatiable experimentation extended across painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture, forever expanding the boundaries of artistic expression. A master of reinvention, Picasso profoundly shaped generations of artists who followed—from Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, and Jean-Michel Basquiat to Jeff Koons and Banksy—cementing his status as a timeless cultural icon whose works remain among the most sought after worldwide. His landmark painting Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O) achieved a record-breaking sale of 179,365,000 USD at Christie's, New York, on May 11, 2015, affirming Picassos enduring legacy as one of the most influential and valuable artists in history.
Pablo Picasso Bathers, Picasso Fifteen Drawings 1946, Picasso Pantheon Books, Picasso Carman lithograph, Picasso pochoir...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Stencil
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"Rush Hour" British Modern Mid 20th Century Vorticist European Vorticism Woman
Located in New York, NY
"Rush Hour" British Modern Mid 20th Century Vorticist European Vorticism Woman
Sybil Andrews CPE (British/Canadian, 1898-1992)
Rush Hour (Coppel SA 11)
Linocut printed in Chinese orange, Chinese blue and black, 1930, on tissue thin oriental laid paper.
Signed, titled and numbered 8/50 in pencil lower left, framed.
Block 209 x 251mm (8 1/4 x 9 7/8in)
Sheet 249 x 310mm (9 3/4 x 12 1/4in)
Framed by Bark 14 1/2 x 16 inches
BIO
Sybil Andrews was a printmaker, painter, graphic artist and educator who was born in Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England. She moved to London (England) in 1922. In 1947, she emigrated to Campbell River (Vancouver Island) British Columbia, Canada, where she worked, taught and lived for the rest of her life. She died at a hospital in Victoria (B.C.)
Her mediums were the colour linocut (1) (most famous), etching, posters, pastels, ink, watercolour, monoprint and oil. Her subjects were human activity (at work, sports, travel, etc.), figures, animals, genre, allegory, architecture and landscape. Her style was Art Deco (see AskART styles), Futurism, Cubism and Vorticism (2). Her work is identified by a simple format, clean lines, distortion, vivid colours, drama and rhythm.
Quote: "The colour linocut was just the medium for me, being interested in dynamics and ideas and patterns... It is impossible to be fussy with lines, you have to simplify, you are forced to simplify your idea to its fundamentals." Andrews produced 76 linocuts in her life, of which 43 were made from 1929 to 1939, which is considered to be her best period.
John Hassall's art correspondence course (1918) was the beginning of her formal art education. She went from there to Heatherley's School of Fine Art (London/1922) where she studied under Henry Massey (see AskART) and met artistic partner Cyril Power (see AskART). At the same time, she studied independently with sculptor Henri Glicenstein (see AskART) who taught her drypoint etching and to draw from life.
She also attended the Grosvenor School of Modern Art (1925). Iain McNab (1890-1967) was Principal and Claude Flight (3) (see AskART) an instructor who had a great influence on her choice of linocut as a primary medium. Some of his other students and her associates were Edith Lawrence (1890-1973), Lill Tschudi (1911-2001), Eileen Mayo (see AskART) and William Greengrass...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Marc Chagall, The Lovers in the Tree, from Tales of Boccaccio, 1950
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Les Amants dans l’arbre (The Lovers in the Tree), from Contes de Boccace, peintures du manuscrit des ducs de Bourgogne, ...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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OPHELIA (the artist's mistress / second wife) - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant etching titled the gilded youth is of the second wife of the artist The edition is 75 and is referenced as Fletcher #80.
Gerald Brockhurst is best known for his portr...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Marc Chagall - Double Portrait - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall, Original Lithograph depicting an instant of the Bible.
Technique: Original lithograph in colours
Year: 1956
Sizes: 35,5 x 26 cm / 14" x 10.2" (sheet)
Published by: Édit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Work on the Panel, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), titled Travail sur le panneau (Work on the Panel), originates from the 1952 album The Circus of Toulouse-Lautre...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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BOAC Speedbird Routes Across the World – Original Vintage British Airline Poster
By Harold Foster
Located in Zurich, CH
Original Vintage Airline Poster by Harold Foster. He created several designs commissioned by the British Overseas Airways Corporation ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur, 1948. Publ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Joe Louis vs. Max Baer at Yankee Stadium
Located in New York, NY
LOUIS & BAER AT YANKEE STADIUM.
This lithograph from circa 1935 was printed in an edition of 50. This particular impression is signed in pencil and inscribed “25/50.” The image size is 15 7/8 x 19 ¾ inches and the paper (sheet) size is 19 1/8 x 22 7/8 inches. There are two small purple estate stamps on verso.
"I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early." – Max Baer...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Yellow Castle, 1933 - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Jacques Camus
The Yellow Castle, 1933
Original lithograph and stencil
Unsigned
On paper 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4 inch)
INFORMATION : This lithograph is part of the "Idées" portfo...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Salvador Dali - The Vision - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Vision - Original Lithograph
Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957
PRINTER : Detruit.
SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali.
LIMITED : 233 copies.
SIZE : 41 x 33 cm
REFERENCES ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960's, Disbursing the Riot
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz.
Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 14" x 24," sheet measures 18 1/2"...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Alexander Calder lithograph (derrière le miroir)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1964 from Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition; well-preserved.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
From: Derrière le miroir. Printed in France.
Derrière le miroir:
In October 1945 the French art dealer Aimé Maeght opens his art gallery at 13 Rue de Téhéran in Paris. His beginning coincides with the end of Second World War and the return of a number of exiled artists back to France. The publication was created in October 1946 (n°1) and published without interruption until 1982 (n°253).
Its original articles and illustrations (mainly original color lithographs by the gallery artists) who were famous at the time. The lithographic publication covered only the artists exhibited by Maeght gallery either through personal or group exhibitions.
Among them were, Pierre Alechinsky, Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Eduardo Chillida, Alberto Giacometti, Vassily Kandinsky, Ellsworth Kelly, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Saul Steinberg and Antoni Tapies.
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Alexander Calder was an American artist best known for his invention of the kinetic sculptures known as mobiles. Calder also produced a variety of two-dimensional artworks including lithographs, paintings, and tapestries as seen in his Butterfly (1970). “My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses, and movement,” the artist once said. Born on August 22, 1898 in Lawnton, PA, Calder turned to art in the 1920s, studying drawing and painting under George Luks and Boardman Robinson at the Art Students League in New York.
Calder moved to Paris to continue his studies in 1926, where he was introduced to the European avant-garde through performances of his Cirque Calder (1926–1931). “I was very fond of the spatial relations,” he said of his interest in the circus. “The whole thing of the—the vast space—I’ve always loved it.” With these performances, along with his wire sculptures, Calder attracted the attention of such notable figures as Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, and Fernand Léger. Notably, it was his friend Duchamp that coined the term mobile—a pun in French meaning both “motion” and “motive”—during a visit to Calder’s Paris studio in 1931.
His earliest mobiles moved by motors, but Calder soon abandoned these mechanics and designed pieces that moved by air currents or human interaction. Over the course of seven decades, along with his mobiles, he also produced paintings, monumental outdoor sculptures, works on paper, domestic objects, and jewelry.
The artist lived in both Roxbury, CT, and Saché, France, before his death on November 11, 1976 in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London. Related Categories Calder prints. Mid Century Modern. 1970s. Miro. Chagall. Calder lithograph. Figurative art. Alexander Calder Derrière...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Le Christ a l'Horloge, Paris (Christ in the Clock)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Missouri, MO
Marc Chagall
"Le Christ a l'Horloge, Paris" (Christ in the Clock) 1957 (M. 196)
Color Lithograph on Arches Wove Paper
Signed in Pencil "Marc Chagall" Lower Right
Initialed "H.C." (Hors Commerce) Lower Left, aside from numbered edition of 90
*Floated in Gold Frame with Linen Matting, UV Plexiglass
Sheet Size: 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (47.5 cm x 38 cm)
Image Size: 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Framed Size: 28.5 x 24.25 inches
Marc Chagall was a man of keen intelligence, a shrewd observer of the contemporary scene, with a great sympathy for human suffering. He was born on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia; his original name was Moishe Shagal (Segal), but when he became a foremost member of the Ecole de Paris, he adopted French citizenship and the French spelling of his name. Vitebsk was a good-sized Russian town of over 60,000, not a shtetl. His father supported a wife and eight children as a worker in a herring-pickling plant.
Sheltered by the Jewish commandment against graven images, the young Chagall never saw so much as a drawing until, one day, he watched a schoolmate copying a magazine illustration. He was ridiculed for his astonishment, but he began copying and improvising from magazines. Both Chagall's parents reluctantly agreed to let him study with Yehuda Pen, a Jewish artist in Vitebsk. Later, in 1906, they allowed their son to study in St. Petersburg, where he was exposed to Russian Iconography and folk art. At that time, Jews could leave the Pale only for business and employment and were required to carry a permit. Chagall, who was in St. Petersburg without a permit, was imprisoned briefly.
His first wife, Bella Rosenfeld, was a product of a rich cultivated and intellectual group of Jews in Vitebsk. Chagall was made commissar for the arts for the area, charged with directing its cultural life and establishing an art school. Russian folklore, peasant life and landscapes persisted in his work all his life. In 1910 a rich patron, a lawyer named Vinaver, staked him to a crucial trip to Paris, where young artists were revolutionizing art. He also sent him a handsome allowance of 125 francs (in those days about $24) each month. Chagall rejected cubism, fauvism and futurism, but remained in Paris. He found a studio near Montparnasse in a famous twelve-sided wooden structure divided into wedge-shaped rooms. Chaim Soutine, a fellow Russian Jew, and Modigliani lived on the same floor. To Chagall's astonishment, he found himself heralded as one of the fathers of surrealism. In 1923, a delegation of Max Ernst, Paul Eluard and Gala (later Salvador Dali's wife) actually knelt before Chagall, begging him to join their ranks. He refused.
To understand Chagall's work, it is necessary to know that he was born a Hasidic Jew, heir to mysticism and a world of the spirit, steeped in Jewish lore and reared in the Yiddish language. The Hasidim had a special feeling for animals, which they tried not to overburden. In the mysterious world of Kabbala and fantastic ancient legends of Chagall's youth, the imaginary was as important as the real. His extraordinary use of color also grew out of his dream world; he did not use color realistically, but for emotional effect and to serve the needs of his design. Most of his favorite themes, though superficially light and trivial, mask dark and somber thoughts. The circus he views as a mirror of life; the crucifixion as a tragic theme, used as a parallel to the historic Jewish condition, but he is perhaps best known for the rapturous lovers he painted all his life. His love of music is a theme that runs through his paintings.
After a brief period in Berlin, Chagall, Bella and their young daughter, Ida, moved to Paris and in 1937 they assumed French citizenship. When France fell, Chagall accepted an invitation from the Museum of Modern Art to immigrate to the United States. He was arrested and imprisoned in Marseilles for a short time, but was still able to immigrate with his family. The Nazi onslaught caught Chagall in Vichy, France, preoccupied with his work. He was loath to leave; his friend Varian Fry rescued him from a police roundup of Jews in Marseille, and packed him, his family and 3500 lbs. of his art works on board a transatlantic ship. The day before he arrived in New York City, June 23, 1941, the Nazis attacked Russia. The United States provided a wartime haven and a climate of liberty for Chagall. In America he spent the war years designing large backdrops for the Ballet.
Bella died suddenly in the United States of a viral infection in September 1944 while summering in upstate New York. He rushed her to a hospital in the Adirondacks, where, hampered by his fragmentary English, they were turned away with the excuse that the hour was too late. The next day she died.
He waited for three years after the war before returning to France. With him went a slender married English girl, Virginia Haggard MacNeil; Chagall fell in love with her and they had a son, David. After seven years she ran off with an indigent photographer. It was an immense blow to Chagall's ego, but soon after, he met Valentine Brodsky, a Russian divorcee designing millinery in London (he called her Fava). She cared for him during the days of his immense fame and glory. They returned to France, to a home and studio in rustic Vence. Chagall loved the country and every day walked through the orchards, terraces, etc. before he went to work.
Chagall died on March 28, 1985 in the south of France. His heirs negotiated an arrangement with the French state allowing them to pay most of their inheritance taxes in works of art. The heirs owed about $30 million to the French government; roughly $23 million of that amount was deemed payable in artworks. Chagall's daughter, Ida and his widow approved the arrangement.
Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California.
Sources:
Hannah Grad Goodman in Homage to Chagall in Hadassah Magazine, June 1985
Jack Kroll in Newsweek, April 8, 1985
Andrea Jolles in National Jewish Monthly Magazine, May 1985
Michael Gibson...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marie Laurencin, Abandoned Young Woman, from Antares, 1944
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite etching by Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), titled Jeune abandonée (Abandoned Young Woman), from the album Antares, eaux-fortes originales de Marie Laurencin (Antares, Ori...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Clown Training a Horse, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), titled Clown dressant un cheval et un singe (Clown Training a Horse and a Monkey), originates from the 1952 alb...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Dierdre, Surrealist Woodcut Print on Rice Paper by Leonard Baskin
Located in Long Island City, NY
This woodcut print was created by American artist Leonard Baskin. Baskin is well known for his somewhat grotesque, intricate, surreal drawings and natural subject matter. This print ...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Woodcut
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Pyramid (hand signed three dimensional screen print)
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on lightweight board folded into a three-dimensional pyramid. Hand signed and numbered on interior edge by Roy Lichtenstein Numbered 41/300 (only approximate...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph, Screen
Le monocycle (Performer on a Unicycle)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Le monocycle (Performer on a Unicycle)
Color lithograph, 1968
Signed and numbered in pencil lower left corner
From the portfolio "Mon Cirque" (My Circus)
Edition: 120 (12/120)
Refere...
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French School Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Celestial Nymph I
Located in New York, NY
Elyse Ashe Lord (1900-1971), Celestial Nymph I, c. 1930, color etching, soft ground, drypoint; signed lower right in pencil and numbered by the artist lower left. In very good condition, the full sheet, 8 1/4 x 10, the sheet 17 x 13 1/2 inches.
A fine impression, with strong color and plate tone on the nymph and surrounding decorations, and with pencil additions in various places on the nymph by the artist (using the same pencil as with signing). Printed on a light laid ivory Japan paper.
Provenance:
Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their stock number A 32064)
Elyse Ashe Lord developed her unique artistic style exclusively around oriental subject matter. Her art was inspired by both Chinese art and various aspects of oriental culture. Although E.A.Lord never actually travelled to China, she used Chinese paintings, embroideries and wall hangings, together with objects from surrounding Eastern countries, as the sources for her images. The highly individual style which Elyse Lord created reflects both this source material and the influences of Art Deco and early 1920’s fashion.
In particular, Elyse Lord is unusual in combining the technique of drypoint with woodcut colour printing. She uses the drypoint design almost as the Japanese would have used a key block in multiple block colour printing. The colours would then be added by over-printing the drypoint design using colour-inked wood blocks, precisely as displayed by this unique series of progressive proofs. Elyse Lord would always supervise the difficult process of printing her plates and blocks, in person. [I am indebted to Michael Campbell...
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Two Women by the Window - Spanish Linocut
Located in London, GB
This original linocut in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered in pencil 5 from the edition of 50, at the lower left...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
The Pentecost
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Printer's proof, annotated P.P. 1 from the unknown edition size. Printed by United Church Press, Boston/Philadelphia. Published by Un...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Basil in Black Leather Suit by Jim Dine from The Picture of Dorian Gray fashion
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Pictured in this monochromatic Jim Dine lithograph is Basil Hallward, the artist companion of Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wearing a sleek black lea...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spring Night Greenwich Village
By Martin Lewis
Located in New York, NY
Spring Night, Greenwich Village--1930, Drypoint and Sand Ground.McCarron 85, only state. Edition 92. Signed in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower rig...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
SLEDGEHAMMERS
Located in Portland, ME
Andrews, Sybil (English/Canadian, 1898-1992), C. SA26.
"SLEDGEHAMMERS", Color Linocut, 1933, ed. 60 plus 4 trial proofs,
Ref. C. SA 26, 10-1/4 x 12-1/2, signed, titled and numbered 6...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Title: Taureaux
Signed in the plate
Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm
Edition: 200
Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel
1965
Jean Cocteau
W...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chapel of the Agriculture School, Chapingo (Forces Under the Earth)
Located in Missouri, MO
(after) Diego Rivera
"Chapel, Agriculture School, Chapingo" (Forces Under the Earth) 1933
from the portfolio "Frescoes of Diego Rivera"
Published by the Museum of Modern Art, NY
Approx. 18.5 x 13.5 with Matting
Hand-Signed by the Artist
Diego Rivera was born on December 13, 1886 in the mountain town of Guanajuato in Mexico. His mother was an ardent Catholic and his father was a rich and aristocratic revolutionary fighter and an atheist. Little Diego decided in favor of atheism. He swore his family had to leave Guanajuato when he was six because of his diatribes against the Church. When he was eleven he attended the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts; his real teacher was Jose Posada...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Femme au Clown - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on chamois-colored laid paper, realized by Dalì in 1968/69.
Plate from "Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis), published by Argillet, Paris.
Edition of 49/150, hand colored.
Hand s...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Some Los Angeles Apartments - True, Stated 1st Edition of only 700 Artist Book
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha
Some Los Angeles Apartments (Unsigned), 1965
True First Edition Artist Book: Stated Limited Edition of only 700
7 × 5 1/2 inches
Unframed
A rare and elusive 1960s Artist Bo...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Alexandre " rare pendentif "
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 )
" Alexandre " .
circa 1958 .
pendentif ovale .
terre rouge / brun en relief .
2eme Variante .
Ref: RB10 page 219 du catalogue raisonné .
" very ...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Ceramic
The Seamstress II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Seamstress II' 1969, is an original colors lithograph on Wove paper by noted Russian/American artist Raphael Soyer, 1899.1987. It is hand signed and numbered...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
UNTITLED (TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH BRICKS
Located in Portland, ME
Abramovitz, Albert (American, born Latvia, 1879-1963).
UNTITLED (TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH BRICKS).
Linoleum cut on wove paper, c. 1930s.
Si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
The Mythology Narcissus
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Mythology Narcissus
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: XXXI/C
MEASUREMENTS: 18" x 30"
YEAR...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Pablo Picasso - The Painter - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso - Lithograph
Title: Painter and his Model
From the illustrated book "Regards sur Paris" (Paris: André Sauret, 1962)
Pulled from the folio numbered 85 from the edition o...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - White Book - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Cocteau
White Book - Autobiography about Cocteau's discovery of his homosexuality. The book was first published anonymously and created a scandal.
Original Handcolored Lithograp...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall David and Bathsheba
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: David and Bathsheba
Portfolio: The Bible Lithographs
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1956
Edition: 6500
Frame Size: 22 1/2" x 19"
Sheet Size: 14" x 10 3/8"
Image...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The hippies The Cosmonaut
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Hippies The Cosmonaut
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 119/145
MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 25.6"
YEAR: 1969
CONDITION: Excellent
...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Couverture Mourlot IV
Located in Wien, 9
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Couverture Mourlot IV is the original book cover of the monograph "Picasso. Lithograph". It consist of spine, front and back. Edition 3000, cat. raisonné M...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960s, Rioters
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz.
Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 11 1/2" x 14 1/2," sheet measures...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here.
Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Vieux Faust - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on chamois-colored laid paper, realized in 1968/69.
Plate from "Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis), published by Argillet, Paris.
Edition of 49/150, hand colored.
Hand signed an...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
After Pablo Picasso - Cubist Still Life - Pochoir
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After Pablo Picasso - Cubist Still Life - Pochoir
Dimensions: 48.5 x 36 cm
1962
Edition of 260
Daniel Jacomet, LEDA, Editions d'Art
Pablo Picasso
Picasso is not just a man and his ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
'I'll Be What I Choose' — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'I'll Be What I Choose: Vanity of Ambition', color lithograph, 1949, edition 40, Fine and Looney 281. Signed, titled, and numbered '23/40' in pencil. Initialed in the stone, lower ri...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
The Angel, Framed Modern Lithograph by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Original lithograph from Marc Chagall's Book of Lithographs published in 1960.
Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Frame Size: 22 x 19 inches
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Art Deco Jazz Age Paris Interracial Couple Lovers Marcel Vertes Color Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Marcel Vertes (French /Hungarian 1895-1961) Tango, from the suite Dancing, Jazz age in Paris. lithograph in colors on paper, published by Gustave Pellet-Paris, hand signed in pencil, lower right.
Mounted in chrome frame with matting. Measures 23.75"H x 30.5"W framed; 15"H x 21.5"W image.
Gustave Pellet (1859–1919) was a French publisher of art. He is best known for publishing prints of erotic artworks by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Louis Legrand.
MARCEL VERTES FRENCH HUNGARIAN 1895 (Ujpest, Hungary) -1961(Paris, France) art deco artist.Vertes was born in Hungary and died in Paris, but spent a lot of time in New York as well. He was noted as a painter, illustrator, designer and scenic mural painter. His whimsical images graced the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Continuing in the footsteps of Boutet, Forain, Erte, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Concentrating upon scenes of Paris street life...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall "Song of the Bow"
By Marc Chagall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MARC CHAGALL ( 1887- 1985 )
“ Song of the Bow”
1958
from ‘The Bible’
Original Etching with hand-coloring in watercolor. Signed with initials and numbered ##/100 in pencil, published...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Jean Cocteau - Colorful Portrait - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Title: Taureaux
Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm
Edition: 200
Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel
1965
Jean Cocteau
Writer, artist and fi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Paris Review, Modern Art Lithograph by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969)
Title: Paris Review
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed in black crayon, numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Paper Size: 39 x 26 in....
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henri Matisse, Series L, Var. 8, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie L, var. 8 (Series L, Variation 8), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri Matisse, Series I, Var. 4, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie I, var. 4 (Series I, Variation 4), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri Matisse, Series I, Var. 3, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie I, var. 3 (Series I, Variation 3), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri Matisse, Series D, Var. 7, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie D, var. 7 (Series D, Variation 7), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Joan Miro, Untitled, from Miro Recent Paintings, 1953
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1953 album Miro Recent Paintings. Published by the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New Y...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Lewis Lee Tilley 1966 Abstract Color Lithograph, American Modernist Limited Ed.
Located in Denver, CO
This 1966 American Modernist abstract color lithograph by renowned artist Lewis Lee Tilley (1921–2005) is a striking example of mid-20th-century abstraction. Pencil-signed by the artist and numbered 4 of 5 in a very limited edition, this rare lithograph demonstrates Tilley’s mastery of color theory, geometric abstraction, and dynamic composition, making it highly desirable for collectors of American Modernist prints.
The artwork features a bold interplay of vibrant colors and abstract forms, creating a rhythmic and visually compelling composition. Its balance of energy and sophistication reflects Tilley’s distinctive modernist style and innovative approach to printmaking. Ideal for gallery display or a contemporary interior, this lithograph is a refined addition to any modern art collection.
Professionally framed, the piece measures 29 x 23 inches overall, with an image size of 12 ½ x 10 ½ inches, providing a strong visual presence without overwhelming space.
Provenance:
Formerly part of the Fremont Center for the Arts collection, Canon City...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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