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Period: Mid-20th Century
Don't Listen! - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Don't listen! (Non ascoltare!) is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. B./W.  woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 4/89 specimen...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Wounded - Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Wounded is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). Original Lithograph. Good condition except for worn margins. Hand-signed on ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The fisherwoman - Original Woodcut - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"The fisherwoman" is an original woodcut on brown-colored paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of the 20th Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimen...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Birmingham Race Riot (Feldman/Schellmann II.3), X + X, Andy Warhol
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, X + X, Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964. Publishe...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Screen

Kollwitz, Mother and Child (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Kathe Kollwitz, Ten Lithographs. Published by Henry C. Kleemann and...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Tree, Manhattan' — Classic American Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Martin Lewis, 'Tree, Manhattan', drypoint, 1930, edition 91 (including 10 trial proofs), McCarron 87. Signed in pencil. A superb, atmospheric impression, in warm black ink, on cream...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Hell 32 - The Betrayers of their Country - Woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 32 - The Betrayers of their Country Original woodcut with the printed signature 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x ...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Nude with Guitar
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Nude with Guitar Series: Secret Poems of Appolinaire Date: 1967 Medium: Drypoint etching Unframed Dimensions: 15" x 11" Framed Dimensions: 25.25"...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

The Dove of the Ark - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956. Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies. Not signed nor numbered, as issued. ...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Desnudo de Frida Kahlo, Signed Lithograph by Diego Rivera
Located in Long Island City, NY
This portrait depicts Rivera's second wife, the artist Frida Kahlo (1907-54), sitting on a bed wearing stockings and shoes and fastening rows of beads around her neck. An accident wh...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Delaunay, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°32, 1969. Published and printed under the direction of Gualt...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Patron et sa Suite en Visite à l’Atelier - Etching by P. Picasso - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition 35 of 50. From the Serie “Les 347”, table no. 110. Perfect impression on vélin blanc, very fresh and with sheet in full margins and perfect conditions, numbered ...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

"Femme Fiere" from the suite "Les Fleurs du Mal""
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Femme Fiere" from the suite "Les Fleurs du Mal" created in 1937/38, is an original color aquatint on Montval paper by renown French artist Georges Rouault, 1871-...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

Miró, Composition (Cramer 69; Dupin 292; Mourlot 286-294) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From folio, Miró 1959-1960, 1961. Published by Pierre M...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Melancholic Muses II
Located in London, GB
'Melancholic Muses II', one of a poignant set of six signed artist proof lithographs by the celebrated Spanish artist from Barcelona, Vicenç Caraltó (circa 1960s). This collection of...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abel Pann Israeli Bezalel School Lithograph Judaica Biblical Print Jewish Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Abel Pann (1883–1963) was a European Jewish painter who settled in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem in the early twentieth century and taught at the Bezalel Academy of Art under...
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Symbolist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Man and the Ideas - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The man and the ideas is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 4/89 specimens and ti...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Ex-Libris - G.B.M.D.V.B. - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris - G.B.M.D.V.B. is an artwork realized in Mid 20th Century. Woodcut B./W. print on ivory paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 21 x 15 cm. Excellent ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Roy Lichtenstein Tryptich "as I opened fire" 1966 Stedelijk Museum Amsterd
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "As I opened fire" is a lithograph triptych by Roy Lichtenstein whose provenance is printed on verso: Coll. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Editions were copyrighted by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and corrected with the original and printed in the Netherlands. Each piece measures: 25 1/8" h x 20 5/8" w. Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. During the 1960s through the 90’s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. Most of Lichtenstein's best-known works are relatively close, but not exact, copies of comic book panels, a subject he largely abandoned in 1965. Lichtenstein's Still Life paintings, sculptures and drawings, which span from 1972 through the early 1980s, cover a variety of motifs and themes, including the most traditional such as fruit, flowers, and vases. Inspired by the comic strip, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in cheek manner. His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. His artwork was considered to be "disruptive". He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". His paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City. Wham!, and Drowning Girl Look Mickey proved to be his most influential works. His most expensive piece is Masterpiece which was sold for $165 million in January 2017. Lichtenstein received both his Bachelors and Masters at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio where he taught for ten years. In 1967, he moved back to upstate New York and began teaching again. It was at this time that he adopted the Abstract Expressionist style, being a late convert to this style of painting. Lichtenstein began teaching in upstate New York at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1958. About this time, he began to incorporate hidden images of cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny into is abstract works. In 1960, he started teaching atRutgers University where he was heavily influenced by Allan Kaprow, who was also a teacher at the university. This environment helped reignite his interest in Proto-pop imagery. In 1961, Lichtenstein began his first pop paintings using cartoon images and techniques derived from the appearance of commercial printing. This phase would continue to 1965, and included the use of advertising imagery suggesting consumerism and homemaking. His first work to feature the large-scale use of hard-edged figures and Ben-Day dots was Look Mickey (1961), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.) This piece came from a challenge from one of his sons, who pointed to a Mickey Mouse comic book and said; "I bet you can't paint as good as that, eh, Dad?" In the same year he produced six other works with recognizable characters from gum wrappers and cartoons. It was at this time that Lichtenstein began to find fame not just in America but worldwide. He moved back to New York to be at the center of the art scene in 1964 to concentrate on his painting. Lichtenstein used oil and Magna (early acrylic) paint in his best known works, such as Drowning Girl (1963), which was appropriated from the lead story in DC Comics’ Secret Hearts No. 83, drawn by Tony Abruzzo. (Drowning Girl now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.) Drowning Girl also features thick outlines, bold colors and Ben-Day dots, as if created by photographic reproduction. Of his own work Lichtenstein would say that the Abstract Expressionists "put things down on the canvas and responded to what they had done, to the color positions and sizes. My style looks completely different, but the nature of putting down lines pretty much is the same; mine just don't come out looking calligraphic, like Pollock’s or Kline’s. Rather than attempt to reproduce his subjects, Lichtenstein's work tackled the way in which the mass media portrays them. He would never take himself too seriously, however, saying: "I think my work is different from comic strips – but I wouldn't call it transformation; I don't think that whatever is meant by it is important to art.” When Lichtenstein's work was first exhibited, many art critics of the time challenged its originality. His work was harshly criticized as vulgar and empty. The title of a Life magazine article in 1964 asked, "Is He the Worst Artist in the U.S.?" Lichtenstein responded to such claims by offering responses such as the following: "The closer my work is to the original, the more threatening and critical the content. However, my work is entirely transformed in that my purpose and perception are entirely different. I think my paintings are critically transformed, but it would be difficult to prove it by any rational line of argument.” In 1969, Lichtenstein was commissioned by Gunter Sachs to create Composition and Leda and the Swan, for the collector's Pop Art bedroom suite at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz. In the late 1970s and during the 1980s, Lichtenstein received major commissions for works in public places: the sculptures Lamp (1978) in St. Mary's, Georgia; Mermaid (1979) in Miami Beach; the 26 feet tall Brushstrokes in Flight (1984, moved in 1998) at John Glenn Columbus International Airport; the five-storey high Mural with Blue Brushstroke (1984–85) at the Equitable Center, New York and El Cap de Barcelona (1992) in Barcelona. In 1994, Lichtenstein created the 53-foot-long, enamel-on-metal Times Square Mural in Times Square subway station. In 1977, he was commissioned by BMW to paint a Group 5 Racing Version of the BMW 320i for the third installment in the BMW Art Car Project. The DreamWorks Records logo was his last completed project. "I'm not in the business of doing anything like that (a corporate logo) and don't intend to do it again," allows Lichtenstein. "But I know Mo Ostin and David Geffen and it seemed interesting. In 1996 the The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. became the largest single repository of the artist's work when Lichtenstein donated 154 prints and 2 books. The Art Institute of Chicago has several important works by Lichtenstein in its permanent collection, including Brushstroke with Spatter (1966) and Mirror No. 3 (Six Panels) (1971). The personal holdings of Lichtenstein's widow, Dorothy Lichtenstein, and of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation number in the hundreds. In Europe, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne has one of the most comprehensive Lichtenstein holdings with Takka Takka (1962), Nurse (1964), Compositions I (1964), besides the Frankfurt Museum fur Modern Kunst with We Rose Up slowly (1964), and Yellow and Green Brushstrokes...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

To Roads in Unknown Places from the Rilke Portfolio, lithograph by Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: To Roads in Unknown Places from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in the plate Edition: 750 Size: 2...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Paradise: Canto 18 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Paradise: Canto 18 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Si...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Untitled - Lithograph by Wifredo Lam - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary artwork realized by Wifred Lam. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 5/30. Some folds and signs of time, ...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Original 1967 Milton Glaser Fold Out Poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Offset lithograph printed in colors 33 x 22 in (83.82 x 55.88 cm) Fold lines as issued; very good vinta...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 105), Femmes, Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Joan Miró, Femmes, 1965. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Oiseau Vert Marc Chagall 1962 vintage French Galerie Poster
Located in London, GB
Le Oiseau Vert Marc Chagall 1962 vintage French Galerie Poster By (after) Chagall, Marc Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-French painter and one of the most celebrated artists...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in 1944 at the Rene Kieffer atelier and published by Rombaldi in an edition of 300 for the rare "La Varende" portfolio. Size: 9 1/2 x ...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Paradise: Canto 33 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Paradise: Canto 33 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8" Sheet Size:...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Chagall, Composition, Couleur amour (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin papier a la cuve du Moulin Richard de Bas spécialement filigrané pour cette édition paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good conditi...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Chagall, Tablets of Law (Mourlot 365; Cramer 49) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Marc Chagall, The Jerusalem Windows, 1962. Published by André Saur...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ex Libris - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris is a Modern Artwork realized in mid 20th Century. B/W woodcut on paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 20 x 14.5 cm. Mint conditions. The art...
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Symbolist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Landscape - Original Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Modern Landscape is an original xylograph realized during the half of the 20th Century by an anonymous artist. The artwork represents a view of a village with several buildings and ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Ex Libris Dr. Ecsedy - Original Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Dr. Ecsedy is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Original woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin....
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Wyeth, Teel’s Island, The Four Seasons (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published and printed by Art in America, New York in an edition of CDVII/D. From the folio, The Four Se...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This silkscreen is in perfect condition and from a ver...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Paper

Calder, Composition, A Bestiary (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Letterpress printing on spécialement fabriqué Curtis Rag vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.1875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, A Best...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Purgatory 15 : The Envy - Color woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Purgatory 15 - The Envy From the "Divine Comedy" Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" with the signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vél...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

"DES HOMMES" OF MEN. HOUSTON TEXAS ARTIST
Located in San Antonio, TX
David Adickes (Born 1927) Houston Artist Image Size: 10.5 x 13.5 Frame Size: 24 x 26.5 Medium: Lithograph or Etching 7 of 10 "Des Hommes" Biography David Adickes (1927 - present) Houston Artist Adickes spent most of his professional life teaching, painting, and creating small bronzes. Now mainly known as a creator of giant sculpture, A commission for Houston's Performing Art Center in 1982 marks the beginning of his giant sculpture design. After the 36-foot tall cellist called the Virtuoso in a cubist style, he created a number of abstract works, including a giant cornet for the jazz stage at the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sculptor David Adickes is known for a major project titled Presidents Park in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he created 42 portraits bust of American presidents. Each sculpture is twenty feet tall, and their size was the subject of much protest and controversy. However, a court ruling allowed them to stay. President of Texas, followed by his 42 statue tribute to United States Presidents. Adickes has degrees in mathematics and physics which serve him well in the engineering of his works. Working on a giant sculpture series which includes the Beatles, and he hopes to end with a 280-foot tall cowboy statue...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, étude pour la céramique, Céramiques de Picasso (Orozco 105) (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype and lithograph on vélin gloss finish paper (to resemble the finish of ceramic), archivally hinged on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 11.25 x 15 inches Catalogue ...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Les Mans d'Arlequin - Pochoir by Gino Severini - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Les Amans d'Arlequin is an artwork realized by Gino Severini in 1930. Pochoir from the Suite "Fleurs et Masques". Very good condition. Signed in plate on the lower right. Ref. Ca...
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Futurist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Paper, Stencil

Chagall, Tribe of Reuben, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Décora...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Wild West Wagon Train 1969 Signed Lithograph Artist Proof
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Warrington Colescott Title: A Wild West: Wagon Train Year: 1969 Print - Lithograph    Size: 23'' x 31'' inches Edition: signed and numbered in pencil Edition Proof 3 Unfr...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Braque, Composition, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, The Intimate Sketchbooks of G. Braque, Verve: Revue Arti...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Diurnes: Werewolf (on Fire) - Original Collotype and Stencil (Cramer #115)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Diurnes: Werewolf, 1962 Original collotype and stencil (Jacomet workshop) Unsigned Limited to 1000 copy On paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15,7 x 11,8 in) REFERENCE...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Stencil

Dors mon amour
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this color aquatint. From an unnumbered edition of 280. Printed by Lacouriere, Paris. Published by Vollard, Paris. From "Cirque de l'Étoile Filante." Catalogu...
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Fauvist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Color, Aquatint

'The Steps' — WPA Era Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'The Steps', wood engraving, 1933, edition 200. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Ed. 200' in pencil. Initialed in the block, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impr...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Priests' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Priests' from the series 'Moriae Encomium (The Praise of Folly)', mezzotint, 1943, no edition, proofs only. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/4 to 2 inches) in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce. Image size 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (197 x 121 mm); sheet size 10 11/16 x 8 1/16 inches (271 x 204 mm). Created by the artist for 'Erasmus's Moriae Encomium,' or 'In Praise of Folly,' published by the Limited Editions Club, 1943. A rare, signed, proof impression apart from the Limited Editions Club publication. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lynd Ward is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost wood engravers and book illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century. His innovative use of narrative printmaking as a stand-alone storytelling vehicle was uniquely successful in reaching a broad audience. The powerful psychological intensity of his work, celebrated for its dynamic design, technical precision, and compelling dramatic content, finds resonance in the literature of Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne. Like these classic American writers, Ward was concerned with the themes of man’s inner struggles and the role of the subconscious in determining his destiny. An artist of social conscience during the Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American society. The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts at an early age. He graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, in 1926, where he studied illustration and graphic arts. He married May Yonge McNeer in 1936 and left for Europe for their honeymoon in Eastern Europe. After four months, they settled in Leipzig, where Ward studied at the National Academy of Graphic Arts and Bookmaking. Inspired by Belgian expressionist artist Frans Masereel's graphic novel ‘The Sun,’ and another graphic novel by the German artist Otto Nückel, ‘Destiny,’ he determined to create his own "wordless" novel. Upon his return to America, Ward completed his first book, ‘God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts,’ published in 1929. ‘Gods’ Man’ was a great success for its author and publisher and was reprinted four times in 1930, including a British edition. This book and several which followed it, ‘Madman’s Drum,’ 1930, ‘Wild Pilgrimage,’ 1932, ‘Prelude to a Million Years,’ 1933, ‘Song Without Words,' 1936, ‘Vertigo,’ 1937; and ‘Last Unfinished Wordless Novel’ (created in the 1960s and published in 2001) were comprised solely of Ward's wood engravings. Ward designed each graphic image to occupy an entire page, the sequence of which conveys the story's narrative. In 1937, Ward was named Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the following years, Ward went on to illustrate more than one hundred books (some of which he wrote), including classics for the Limited Editions Club Goethe’s ‘Faust,’ Faulkner’s ‘A Green Bough,’ and Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ and several children’s books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary,’ 1939, was shown at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and ‘Clouded Over,’ 1948, received the 1948 Library of Congress Award and was included in ‘American Prize Prints of the 20th Century’ by Albert Reese. He received the National Academy of Design Print Award (1949), the New York Times Best Illustrated Award (1973), and the Regina Award (Catholic Library Association, 1975). ‘The Biggest Bear,’ a children’s book with illustrations by Ward, was the recipient of the esteemed 1952 Caldecott Medal of the American Library Association. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Ward was a member and board member of the National Academy of Design and the Artists’ League of America. He served several terms as president of the Society of American Graphic Artists and was a member of the American Artists Congress and the Society of Illustrators. Ward exhibited at the American Artists Congress; the National Academy of Design; the John Herron Art Institute; and the Library of Congress. He had a one-person show at Associated American Artists, NY, on the publication of his monograph 'Storyteller Without Words,' 1974; AAA mounted a memorial exhibition in 1986. The May 1976 issue of 'Bibliognost,' a book collector’s publication, was dedicated to Ward. ‘Lynd Ward, His Bookplate Designs,’ an article by Dan Burne Jones, was published in the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers Yearbook, 1981/82. In 2001, sixteen years after his death, Rutgers University Libraries published ’Lynd Ward’s Last Unfinished Wordless Novel.’ The blocks were intended to be part of a novel in woodcuts, the first since Vertigo, but Ward did not live to complete the project. Master printer and book designer Barbara Henry collated and printed the twenty-six finished blocks out of the forty-four initially planned for the still unnamed narrative. In 2010 the Library of America honored Ward’s achievements with the meticulous production of a collection of Ward’s woodcut novels—the first time the Library had gone wordless. The publication replicated his original editions with a single full-size image printed on the right page of each double-page spread. In his introduction to the books, renowned cartoonist/illustrator Art...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Ex-Libris - Sylvio Moreaux - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris - Sylvio Moreaux i is an Artwork realized in The 20th Century. Woodcut on paper.  Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Landscape - Original Etching by Léopold Lévy - XX Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original artwork realized by the French artist Léopold Lévy (1882-1966) in the first half of the XX century. Etching and drypoint on paper. Image dimensions: 15x20 cm. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Perfect conditions. Very beautiful print, fresh and delicate, representing a natural landscape. Black thin lines define the whole composition in a refined way. The composition is realized with geometrical and volumes and lines. The artwork has been realized by the French artist Léopold Lévy (Paris, 1882 - Paris, 1966) a French painter and engraver. The edition of De la nature (De Rerum Natura) illustrated with 41 original etchings is considered one of the most beautiful artist books of the XX Century. He was one of the friends of Charles Edmond Kayser...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ex-Libris - Lou Asperslag - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris - Lou Asperslag is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century. Woodcut on paper. Good conditions. The artwork represents a minimalistic, clean design, through preciseness .
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Picasso, Composition (Cramer 88), Dans l'Atelier de Picasso (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches à la forme savoir paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Dans l'Atelier de Picasso, 1957. Published by Fernan...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The souper dress
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A wonderful piece of unknown edition by Andy Warhol. A silkscreen print on a Cellulose and Cotton dress. Fearing the artist's trade mark Campbell's soup can. In very good condition.
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Textile, Screen

Purgatory: Canto 29 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Purgatory : Canto 29 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Purgatory Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8" Sheet Si...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

La Guerre et la Paix
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Guerre et la Paix Lithograph from 1954. Dimensions of work: 53 x 35.5 cm. Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris. Each copy of this Lithograph was...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Inferno: Canto 11 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 11 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 1...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Engraving

La Mère et les Enfants
Located in New York, NY
Signed by Picasso in pencil lower left. Numbered 32/50 in pencil lower right. Catalogue raisonne references: Bloch 739; Mourlot 239; Reuße 625. Framed print. Framed dimensions ...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Carte de Voeux pour Aime Maeght
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Carte de Voeux pour Aime Maeght 1960 Lithograph in Arches paper Signed in stone Image: 22.2 x 29.5 cm Frame: 46.5 x 54.5cm Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985) Russi...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Judges' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Judges' from the series 'Moriae Encomium (In Praise of Folly),' mezzotint, 1943, no edition, proofs only. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/4 to 2 inches) in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 7 13/16 x 4 7/8 inches (198 x 124 mm); sheet size 10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches (273 x 206 mm). Created by the artist for 'Erasmus's Moriae Encomium,' or 'In Praise of Folly,' published by the Limited Editions Club, 1943. A rare, signed, proof impression apart from the Limited Editions Club publication. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lynd Ward is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost wood engravers and book illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century. His innovative use of narrative printmaking as a stand-alone storytelling vehicle was uniquely successful in reaching a broad audience. The powerful psychological intensity of his work, celebrated for its dynamic design, technical precision, and compelling dramatic content, finds resonance in the literature of Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne. Like these classic American writers, Ward was concerned with the themes of man’s inner struggles and the role of the subconscious in determining his destiny. An artist of social conscience during the Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American society. The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts at an early age. He graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, in 1926, where he studied illustration and graphic arts. He married May Yonge McNeer in 1936 and left for Europe for their honeymoon in Eastern Europe. After four months, they settled in Leipzig, where Ward studied at the National Academy of Graphic Arts and Bookmaking. Inspired by Belgian expressionist artist Frans Masereel's graphic novel ‘The Sun,’ and another graphic novel by the German artist Otto Nückel, ‘Destiny,’ he determined to create his own "wordless" novel. Upon his return to America, Ward completed his first book, ‘God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts,’ published in 1929. ‘Gods’ Man’ was a great success for its author and publisher and was reprinted four times in 1930, including a British edition. This book and several which followed it, ‘Madman’s Drum,’ 1930, ‘Wild Pilgrimage,’ 1932, ‘Prelude to a Million Years,’ 1933, ‘Song Without Words,' 1936, ‘Vertigo,’ 1937; and ‘Last Unfinished Wordless Novel’ (created in the 1960s and published in 2001) were comprised solely of Ward's wood engravings. Ward designed each graphic image to occupy an entire page, the sequence of which conveys the story's narrative. In 1937, Ward was named Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the following years, Ward went on to illustrate more than one hundred books (some of which he wrote), including classics for the Limited Editions Club Goethe’s ‘Faust,’ Faulkner’s ‘A Green Bough,’ and Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ and several children’s books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary,’ 1939, was shown at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and ‘Clouded Over,’ 1948, received the 1948 Library of Congress Award and was included in ‘American Prize Prints of the 20th Century’ by Albert Reese. He received the National Academy of Design Print Award (1949), the New York Times Best Illustrated Award (1973), and the Regina Award (Catholic Library Association, 1975). ‘The Biggest Bear,’ a children’s book with illustrations by Ward, was the recipient of the esteemed 1952 Caldecott Medal of the American Library Association. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Ward was a member and board member of the National Academy of Design and the Artists’ League of America. He served several terms as president of the Society of American Graphic Artists and was a member of the American Artists Congress and the Society of Illustrators. Ward exhibited at the American Artists Congress; the National Academy of Design; the John Herron Art Institute; and the Library of Congress. He had a one-person show at Associated American Artists, NY, on the publication of his monograph 'Storyteller Without Words,' 1974; AAA mounted a memorial exhibition in 1986. The May 1976 issue of 'Bibliognost,' a book collector’s publication, was dedicated to Ward. ‘Lynd Ward, His Bookplate Designs,’ an article by Dan Burne Jones, was published in the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers Yearbook, 1981/82. In 2001, sixteen years after his death, Rutgers University Libraries published ’Lynd Ward’s Last Unfinished Wordless Novel.’ The blocks were intended to be part of a novel in woodcuts, the first since Vertigo, but Ward did not live to complete the project. Master printer and book designer Barbara Henry collated and printed the twenty-six finished blocks out of the forty-four initially planned for the still unnamed narrative. In 2010 the Library of America honored Ward’s achievements with the meticulous production of a collection of Ward’s woodcut novels—the first time the Library had gone wordless. The publication replicated his original editions with a single full-size image printed on the right page of each double-page spread. In his introduction to the books, renowned cartoonist/illustrator Art...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Picasso, Composition (Orozco 207-261), Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso, Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires, 1969. Published by Éditions Cerc...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Composition (Orozco 238), Picasso, La flûte double (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on papier a la cuve du moulin Richard de Bas paper, spécialement filigrané pour cette édition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From ...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-French artist celebrated for his vibrant, dreamlike paintings that blend fantasy, folklore, and personal memor...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Lithograph

Ex Libris Giorgio Balbi - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris For Giorgio balbi, realized in the mid-20th Century. It includes passepartout, 30 x 24 cm. Hand signed on plate the lower margin. Good conditions.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Ex Libris - Piet Van Veen - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Piet Van Veen is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century B/W woodcut on ivory paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimension...
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Symbolist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Au Bois de Boulogne - Original Etching by H. Farge - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 16 x 11 cm. Au Bois de Boulogne is an original modern artwork realized in the first decades of the XX Century by the French artist Henri Farge...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Purgatory 6 - The Dead by Violence - Color woodcut - (Field # p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Purgatory 6 - The Dead by Violence Original woodcut Signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on BFK Rives vellum Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") R...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Untitled from In the Bottom of My Garden (Plate 15)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Untitled (Plate 15) Portfolio: 1956 In the Bottom of My Garden Medium: Offset lithograph and watercolor on paper Date: 1956 Sheet Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Signat...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Jonah
Located in Santa Monica, CA
SADAO WATANABE (Japanese 1913-1996) JONAH, 1959 Color stencil, signed, numbered and dated in white ink. Sheet, 25 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches. Edition: 44/50. Good color and generally good ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Stencil, Woodcut

Catherina Dorothea Viehmann David Hockney Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Located in New York, NY
The frontispiece for Hockney’s Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio and book features Catherina Dorothea Viehmann, the elderly German woman who recounted fairy tales to ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Feed Everyone (for the Black Panthers at 1960s Harvard Square Be-in) food in art
Located in New York, NY
Unknown Artist Feed Everyone, ca. 1969 Offset lithograph poster Frame included: held in original vintage metal frame Measurements: Framed 27.5 inches vertical by 16 inches vertical b...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Aliyah, Return, O Virgin of Israel Salvador Dali original lithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
Salvador Dali ( 1904 - 1989 ) Aliyah, Return, O Virgin of Israel, Aliyah suite edition 232/ 250 published Shorewood Press 1968 on Arches paper paper size 25 x 19.63 image size 20....
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso - Visage - hand-signed lithograph on BFK Rives paper - 1967
Located in Varese, IT
Lithograph in cream and black, on Rives BFK paper, (with watermark) Edited in 1967 , signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner, numbered 25/100 published by Published by Le Pa...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Dubuffet, Personnages I, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°6, 1956. Published and printed under the direction of Gualti...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Indian Mother and Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
This color etching is titled "Indian Mother and Child" (c. 1950) by Czech/American artist Max Pollak (1886 - 1970) is an original etching on wove paper. It is hand signed and numbered 37/100 in pencil by the artist. It is framed in its original frame and is in excellent condition. Image (plate mark) size is 5.65 in. x 5.25 in. Max Pollak, painter and printmaker, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on February 2, 1886, but his family moved to Vienna, Austria. He was raised in Vienna and, in 1902, he entered the Vienna Academy of Art. He studied painting and printmaking under William Unger and Ferdinand Schmutzer. In 1912, he traveled to Italy, France, and Holland to study and paint. During the First World War, he was appointed painter of the Austrian Army. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1927. His first exhibition at the 57th Street Art Gallery in New York was a commercial success and he was commissioned by Theodore Dreiser...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

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