Expressionist Figurative Prints
EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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Style: Expressionist
In the Brothel - Original Lithograph by Eugen Hamm - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
In the Brothel is an original lithograph realized by Eugen Hamm in 1922.
In good conditions.
This artwork represents a brothel with several nude women.
H...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ouvidos de Conchas, em Mangas de Jaqueta
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ouvidos de Conchas, em Mangas de Jaqueta" 1995 is an original color woodcut on watermarked Fabriano paper by Brazilian artist Francisco Jose Maringelli, b.1959. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 1/15 in pencil by the artist. The image (block mark) size is 10.65 x 7 inches, sheet size is 16.25 x 14 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Education:
Bachelor Fine Arts, ECAUSP (1984-1989) and Architecture FAUUSP (1979-1985).
Professor at Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo
Main Exhibitions:
2018 CONTRAGOLPES; obras recentes de Biba Rigo, Cláudio Caropreso e Francisco Maringelli, São Paulo(SP)
Graphias quinze anos, São Paulo(SP)
2017 ROSTOS LAVRADOS-XILOGRAVURAS,Museu Casa da Xilogravura, Campos do...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Versando Traco E embaraco Sobre O Papel
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Versando Traco E embaraco Sobre O Papel" 1995 is an original color woodcut on Wove paper by Brazilian artist Francisco Jose Maringelli, b.1959. It is hand signed, titled and numbered I/L in pencil by the artist. The image (block mark) size is 9 x 11.75 inches, sheet size is 16.5 x 19.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, it has 4 very small 1/4 inches mark in each corner on the back due to hanging tape removal, not visible from the front
About the artist:
Education:
Bachelor Fine Arts, ECAUSP (1984-1989) and Architecture FAUUSP (1979-1985).
Professor at Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo
Main Exhibitions:
2018 CONTRAGOLPES; obras recentes de Biba Rigo, Cláudio Caropreso e Francisco Maringelli, São Paulo(SP)
Graphias quinze anos, São Paulo(SP)
2017 ROSTOS LAVRADOS-XILOGRAVURAS,Museu Casa da Xilogravura, Campos do...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Adoration of the Magi / - The Rider of the Sun -
Located in Berlin, DE
Walter Helbig (1878 Falkenstein - 1968 Ascona), Adoration of the Magi, 1918. Hand-colored linocut, 30 cm x 22.5 cm (depiction), 50 cm x 35 cm (sheet size), signed “W.[alter] Helbig” in pencil lower right, inscribed “Adoration of the Magi” lower left and dated “1918”. Below this a handwritten dedication “with heartfelt Christmas greetings”.
- Paper somewhat darkened and with slight creases, thumbtack holes in the corners
- The Rider of the Sun -
The 'apocalypse' of World War I brought about a return to sacred art. Walter Helbig belonged to the circle of the 'Brücke' and the 'Blauer Reiter'. With his reinterpretation of religious themes in an expressionist formal language, Helbig shaped an avant-garde neo-sacred art. This is symbolically expressed in the silhouette of the rider against the sun-like yellow background. It refers to the awakening initiated by the Blue Riding, which is now linked back to the sacred.
The rider and horse "look" at Mary and the Christ Child, who occupy the entire field. Opposite them are the three kings, the eldest of whom kneels before Christ and offers him a gold-filled casket. The expressionist lines give rise to a tower that rises into the "sun", so that the gift has become a Gothic church, expressing the hope that the fallen world will be resurrected in the name of Christ. This dimension of meaning is emphasized by the magical effect of the color scheme.
About the artist
In 1895, Walter Helbig began studying at the Dresden Academy of Art, where he became friends with the future Brücke artist Otto Müller, with whom he lived in Dresden from 1903 to 1905. While studying in Italy from 1897 to 1899, he met Arnold Böcklin and Adolf von Hildebrand. After completing his studies, he first worked for Otto Gussmann, painting churches. From 1905 to 1909 he worked as a freelance painter in Hamburg. In 1909, through the mediation of Otto Müller, Helbig made the acquaintance of artists from the 'Brücke'. In 1910 he exhibited at the founding exhibition of the Berlin 'Neue Sezession'. In the same year, he moved to Switzerland, where, together with Hans Arp and Oscar Lüthy, he founded the 'Moderne Bund' in Weggis, to which Cuno Amiet and Giovanni Giacometti also belonged. At the second exhibition of the 'Moderne Bund' in Zurich in 1911, Henri Matisse and Robert Delaunay were represented alongside artists from the 'Blauer Reiter'. In 1913, Helbig traveled to Paris with Arp and Lüthy. After the dissolution of the 'Moderne Bund', Helbig was represented at the first Dada exhibition in Zurich in 1914. In 1919, he joined the Berlin 'Novembergruppe'. After the devastation of World War I, Helbig turned increasingly to religious themes in his work. In 1924, like many other artists of his time, he moved to Ascona for financial reasons, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1938. There he founded the artists' association "The Great Bear", to which Marianne von Werefkin...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Paper
Ghosts of New York 5, mysterious, monochromatic cityscape
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a series of oil based monotypes on fine printmaking paper, subtle color design, symbolic and atmospheric figure/figures in cityscape
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Monotype, Archival Paper
Composition, Contes de Boccace, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Contes de Boccace, peinture...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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Composition, Contes de Boccace, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Contes de Boccace, peinture...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Composition, Contes de Boccace, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Contes de Boccace, peinture...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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They Thunder forth from Their Clouds-Lithograph by George Grosz - 1922
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
They Thunder forth from Their Clouds is an original lithograph, realized by George Grosz in 1922, from Die Raüber, edition Malik Verlag in 100 prints, plate n°8 da Die Raüber, hand-signed in pencil.
"They thunder forth from their clouds about gentleness and forbearance, while they sacrifice human victims to the God of love." (Da donnern sie Sanftmut und Duldung aus ihren Wolken und bringen dem Gott der Liebe Menschenopfer.)"
Sheet dimension: 61,5 x 42 cm.
In very good conditions.
Here representing a man in front of cross miserably praying, below of his feet laid down many dead bodies and ruined part of the city. here is one of his artwork affected by consequences drama of war.
George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic.
He studied drawing at the Dresden Academy 1909-11 and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin 1912-14, He was in the army 1914-15 and again for a short time in 1917, but spent the rest of the war in Berlin where he made violently anti-war drawings...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Paper
In the Brothel - Lithograph by Eugen Hamm - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
In the Brothel is an original lithograph realized by Eugen Hamm in 1922.
In good conditions except for some foldings.
This artwork represents a brothel wi...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$626 Sale Price
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The Exodus - Original Etching by Eugen Kirchner - Early 20th Century
By Eugen Kirchner
Located in Roma, IT
The City is an original etching realized by Eugen Kirchner.
Image dimension: 31.5 x 19 cm.
Not signed.
In good conditions.
The artwork represents an Expressionist expression of p...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Big Head - Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Big head from Ecce Homo is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 15 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Offset
Latin American Judaica Conceptual Chassidic Art Modern Woodcut Luis Camnitzer
Located in Surfside, FL
Luis Camnitzer and Martin Buber (1878-1965),
New York: JMB Publishers Ltd, 1970.
Printed at The New York Graphic Workshop.
Hand signed on Arches paper. (Edition 24/100, numbered on Justification page)
Woodblock prints based on folktales from the Hasidic Jewish tradition in Eastern Europe, selected by Camnitzer from the early masters section of Buber’s Die chassidischen Bücher as translated by Olga Marx. German Expressionist style Jewish woodcuts...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Offspring - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1922
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Offspring from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate. 19 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, editio...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Interrogation - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Interrogation is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is from the book "Kobes" by Heinrich Man, that Grosz illustrated with 10 drawings reproduce...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Offset
Jakob Steinhardt Jewish German Expressionist Lithograph Israeli Early Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
plate signed.
Jacob Steinhardt
1887-1968
Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting with Lovis Corinth and engraving and etching with Hermann Struck; advanced studies, 1908-10 Paris, with Henri Matisse and Steinlen; 1911 Italy. Teaching: Bezalel, Jerusalem, 1953-57 Director. 1910 Participated in the “New Sezession”, Berlin. 1912 together with Ludwig Meidner and Janthur he founded the "Pathetiker" group very early in the German expressionist movement. Running afoul of the Nazis, he fled to Tel-Aviv and then Jerusalem in the early 30s, showing in “Der Sturm” Gallery. 1914 Exhibited with ludwig Meidner at first Expressionist Exhibition in Berlin. Worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. 1955-58 International awards for his woodcuts. receives graphic commissions from Fritz Gurlitt. 1922 Marries Minni Gumpert. Active in organizing Secession exhibits. 1925 Trips to Mark Brandenburg and Holy Land. Turns primarily to painting; stops work on etchings and lithographs. 1933 Emigrates to the Palestine. 1934 Moves to Jerusalem and opens an art school; attempts some etchings. 1948 Closes the art school and becomes Chairman of Graphics Department, Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. 1954-57 Director of Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. Taken up by J. B. Neumann who became the agent for his etchings. Exhibited Sturm Gallery, Herbst-salon. 1914 Outbreak of World War I; Steinhardt enlists in German army. 1916-18 First on Eastern Front in Poland and Lithuania, then after short training period in Berlin, sent to Macedonia. 1917 Exhibition of Lithuanian drawings at Berlin Secession in Spring. Elected member of the Secession.
He often used wood-cutting techniques that were popular amongst German Expressionists. Steinhardt was driven to express ideas clearly and decisively through art.
Amongst the themes found in his work the prophets of the Bible, such as Jonah, are noticeable. Steinhardt identified deeply with Jonah due to his attempt to run from God's call to duty.
Additionally, the image of beggars was often found in Steinhardt's works and in his artistic presentation of the less fortunate, the artist's love for his fellow man becomes evident.
Moreover, the grotesque was a theme noticeable in Steinhardt's earliest pieces. These were fantastical images; it was unclear whether or not they were human or demon. In the 1950's, Steinhardt returned to these images upon learning of the Holocaust of Europe's Jews. At that time he resided in New York and there, in the shadow of the skyscrapers, Steinhardt's reaction to WWII was expressed through his art.
A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of IsraelThe Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1940 Artists: Shemi, Menahem Rubin...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Cover for Vorstadt-Brodel - Lithograph by Eugen Hamm - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Cover for Vorstadt-Brodel is an original lithograph, realized by Eugen Hamm, a german artist, in 1922.
In good conditions.
This artwork represents a woma...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mujer Bebiendo (Woman Drinking), Lithograph by Francisco Zuniga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mujer Bebiendo (Woman Drinking)
Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912–1998)
Date: 1984
Lithograph on Somerset, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil
Edition o...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Biblical Prophet Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.”
An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name.
Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant-garde group, Painted on anything handy. Ben-Zion often used cabinet...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Image D'un Été (Image of Summer) Signed Lithograph, Red Female Nude, Exotic Bird
By Corneille
Located in Union City, NJ
Image D'un Été is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free, by the Dutch artist known as CORNEILLE(Guillaume van Beverloo) an abstract expressionist who co-founded the 20th Century experimental art movement CoBrA recognized for their spontaneous, rebellious style of painting that was heavily inspired by the art of children and the mentally ill. Corneille devises his colorful fantastic imagery with exotic plant forms, sensuous female bodies, animals and lively pattern design. Image D'un Été confronts the viewer with a bold erotic red female nude with blue hair and an exotic tropical bird soaring beneath the heat of a blazing red orange sun.
Print size - 23.25 x 19.75 in. unframed, vivid colors, pencil signed by Corneille
Edition size - 200, plus proofs
Year published - 1981
Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co., NY
About the artist Corneille -
Guillaume Corneille was born in Liege, Belgium on July 3, 1922.
Corneille studied drawing at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie, but as a painter he was entirely self-taught. After having attended courses at the School of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, he started his painting experience influenced by Surrealism. Corneille, also known as Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, was a painter and graphic artist who radicalized the conservative Dutch art world in the early 1950s. He is co-founder with Karel Appel, Eugene Brands...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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Cross Building Four Flights of Stairs - Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Cross building four flights of stairs from Ecce Homo is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 49 from the porfolio Ecce Homo publishe...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Tap in the Basket - Original Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Tap in the Basket is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.30 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, editio...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Shaun Series, Nude Etching by Rainer Fetting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Shaun Series
Rainer Fetting, German (1949)
Date: 1989
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of AP
Image Size: 19.5 x 9.5 inches
Size: 27.5 x 19.5 in. (69.85 x 49.53 cm)
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Marat, Large Framed Surrealist Lithograph by Paul Wunderlich
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Wunderlich, German (1927 - 2010)
Title: Marat
Year: 1989
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 53 x 39 in. (134.62 x 99.06 cm)
Frame ...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
In the Brothel - Original Lithograph by Eugen Hamm - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
In the Brothel is an original lithograph realized by Eugen Hamm a german artist in 1922.
In good conditions.
This artwork represents a brothel with severa...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mommy Why?
By Joan Snyder
Located in New York, NY
Joan Snyder has been called an autobiographical, even confessional artist, who draws from her experiences and surroundings to create her paintings. While her subjects vary widely, Sn...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Street Musicians by Ira Moskowitz original lithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
Street Musicians by Ira Moskowitz shows four musicians playing various horn instruments including trumpets and trombones. Behind them some childre...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Adam und Eva
By Max Beckmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Signed in pencil lower right Beckmann. From the edition of 50 impressions on different papers. Aside from this edition, Hofmaier records 4 proof impressions (II and III A). Strong im...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
German Israeli Expressionist Woodcut Print Pencil Signed Street Fight
By Jacob Pins
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacob Otto Pins (17 January 1917 – 4 December 2005) was a German-born Israeli woodcut artist and art collector, particularly of Japanese prints and paintings.
Jacob Pins was born in Höxter, Germany, the son of Dr Leo Pins, a veterinarian, and his wife Ida Lipper. He immigrated to Palestine in 1936 to study art. His father tried to discourage him from becoming an artist for financial reasons.
Pins' younger brother, Rudolph, (1920-2016) moved to the United States in 1934. His father was sent to Buchenwald. In July 1944, both parents died in the Riga ghetto.
Pins first lived on a kibbutz, which was disbanded in 1941. He moved to Jerusalem and studied woodcut and linocut under woodcut master and painter Jacob Steinhardt, also a German immigrant, at his small private school. He lived in poverty in a tiny room, subsisting on a meagre diet. He continued his studies at the new Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
Pins was married to Elsa, the subject of a number of his prints. They had no children.
Pins bought his first Oriental print in 1945, and acquired a house on Ethiopia Street, opposite the Ethiopian church, where he lived for the rest of his life. He continued collecting until his death and was one of Israel's foremost art collectors. His book on Japanese Pillar Prints, Hashira-e is the definitive work on the subject.
Pins died in Jerusalem in December 2005.
Pins' artwork was heavily influenced by German expressionism and traditional Japanese wood block printing. From 1956 to 1977, he taught at Israel's leading art schools, most notably Bezalel, where he later became a professor. He was known as a demanding teacher, emphasizing strong technical skills and discipline.
In the 1950s, Pins helped to found the Jerusalem Artists' House, a centre for the city's artists to meet and exhibit.
Legacy
Pins' extensive collection of Japanese woodprints...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Selbstmörder - Original Etching and Drypoint by Magnus Zeller - 1919
By Magnus Zeller
Located in Roma, IT
Selbstmörder is an original drypoint, realized by Magnus Zeller in 1919, signed and inscribed,
Included a frame.
In very good conditions.
The artwork is representing a desperate m...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Equestrian Love lithograph by Marcel Vertes
Located in Paonia, CO
Equestrian Love is from Vertes's circus series. Two lovers are embracing in a passionate kiss a few feet away from a majestic stallion drawn in sepia on yellowish paper. Original Lithograph in good condition, backed on original paper and signed in plate.
Marcel Vertes...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Le Reve de Jacob, Large Framed Expressionist Etching by Theo Tobiasse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Theo Tobiasse, French (1927 - 2012)
Title: Le Reve de Jacob
Year: 1984
Medium: Etching with Carborundum, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 65/75
Image: 27 x 22.5 inc...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Coffee Peloton Series IX, Coffee On Paper, Cyclists, Sports Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Original Artwork made from specially treated coffee and then submitted to a further setting treatment so the artwork will last.
Coffee Peloton Series IX is part of an ongoing series ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts a feast style celebration scene in a style of German Expressionism. hand signed and hand painted in watercolor.
Ilya Shenker, Russian/American (1922 - )
As a soldier in World War II, he survived where millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and Architecture in Odessa, but, one of a number of Russian Jewish artists allowed to emigrate, he left for America when the opportunity arose. He settled in New York City, a choice that has forever impacted his oeuvre. Many of his pictures depict New York cityscapes and lifestyle; however, they remain typically Russian. His subject matter often comes from memory and includes the life that he left behind, family, and friends. Drawing upon his Jewish heritage for inspiration, Shenker also paints historical events, such as "On the Eve of the Assault" in which he portrayed the last night before the destruction of Jerusalem. He has also illustrated a number of classics of Russian literature including Alexander Pushkin. His use of imagination also applies to the figures in his expressionist paintings—fictional characters such as the Spanish literary character Don Quixote make appearances in his work. He has also placed figures such as Rembrandt and Picasso in modern settings: in "Rembrandt Visiting our Family," Shenker sits his most favored artist at his family table, in a tribute to someone he describes as a "peoples artist." He is one in a long line of great Soviet Russian Judaica Jewish artists beginning with Yehuda Pen, who founded Russia's first art school for Jews in Vitebsk in 1897 continuing with his students, including Marc Chagall and El Lissitzky, Natan Altman, Leon Bakst and Robert Falk...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Watercolor, Woodcut
Brumaire, Large Expressionist Lithograph by Paul Wunderlich
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Wunderlich, German (1927 - 2010)
Title: Brumaire
Year: 1989
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Image Size: 53 x 39 in. (134.62 x 99.06 cm)
Fra...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Abundance for Everyone
By Amy Wilson
Located in Red Bank, NJ
I am a multi-disciplinary artist who has professionally shown my work in dozens of galleries and museums since the late 1990s. But while my work can take many different forms, my practice is rooted in drawing. Whether I am working on the watercolor and acrylic pieces, or fiber-based pieces, every project and every idea begins with a drawing. Through that process I lay out my ideas, ask myself questions, experiment with different options, and try to resolve all the formal and conceptual issues I will attempt in my final piece.
The themes I have explored in my work from 1999 on, and even before then, have remained the same even though my style has shifted radically. I have been interested in exploring self-portraiture, personal narratives, femininity, politics, and the use of text in art. I have remained constant in my exploration of critical theory and art history, and drawn influence from artists as diverse as Joseph Beuys, Henry Darger, and Adrian Piper...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
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Textile, Ink, Archival Paper
Jewish Prophet Rabbi German Expressionist Color Woodcut Israeli Early Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil, colored woodcut.
Jacob Steinhardt
1887-1968
Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Hombres con Barca I, Signed Expressionist Lithograph by Francisco Zuniga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998)
Title: Hombres con Barca I
Year: 1984
Medium: Lithograph on Gray BFK Rives, signed, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition: 50, State II
Size: 24.5 x 34.5 inches
Printer: American Atelier...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ritual, Lithograph by Francisco Zuniga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912–1998)
Date: 1984
Lithograph on Somerset, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil
Edition of 3/250
Image Size: 11.25 x 10 inches
Size: 18.5 x 14.5 in. (46.99 x 36.83 cm)
Printer: American Atelier...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Macbeth, Surrealist Lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - )
Title: Macbeth
Year: 1987
Medium: Lithograph with Collage on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 110
Size: 24 x 33.5 in. (60.9...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Coffee Peloton (cp07_Nov23)
Located in Deddington, GB
Original Artwork by Eliza Southwood made from specially treated coffee and then submitted to a further setting treatment.
Additional information:
Eliza Southwood
Coffee on paper
So...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Two Women and Child, Lithograph by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raphael Soyer
Title: Two Women and Child
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Lithograph on paper, signed in pencil l.r.
Image Size: 11 x 9.5 in. (27.94 x 24.13 cm)
Frame Size: 20 x 17.5...
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1940s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts a wedding scene in a style of German Expressionism. hand signed and hand painted in watercolor.
Ilya Shenker, Russian/American (1922 - )
As a soldier in World War II, he survived where millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and Architecture in Odessa, but, one of a number of Russian Jewish artists allowed to emigrate, he left for America when the opportunity arose. He settled in New York City, a choice that has forever impacted his oeuvre. Many of his pictures depict New York cityscapes and lifestyle; however, they remain typically Russian. His subject matter often comes from memory and includes the life that he left behind, family, and friends. Drawing upon his Jewish heritage for inspiration, Shenker also paints historical events, such as "On the Eve of the Assault" in which he portrayed the last night before the destruction of Jerusalem. He has also illustrated a number of classics of Russian literature including Alexander Pushkin. His use of imagination also applies to the figures in his expressionist paintings—fictional characters such as the Spanish literary character Don Quixote make appearances in his work. He has also placed figures such as Rembrandt and Picasso in modern settings: in "Rembrandt Visiting our Family," Shenker sits his most favored artist at his family table, in a tribute to someone he describes as a "peoples artist." He is one in a long line of great Soviet Russian Judaica Jewish artists beginning with Yehuda Pen, who founded Russia's first art school for Jews in Vitebsk in 1897 continuing with his students, including Marc Chagall and El Lissitzky, Natan Altman, Leon Bakst and Robert Falk...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Lady Rose
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Lady Rose is an original painting by Lawal Ibrahim. Ibrahim created Lady Rose with a Colored pen, watercolor, and fabrics on 24W by 36H inches of paper.
"Lady Rose" is a captivating...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Fabric, Paper, Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen
Blue Angel, Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching in colors on Somerset vélin paper. Paper Size: 20 x 23 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul, 2003. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, under the direction of Peter Pettengili, Hinsdale, 2003. Excerpted from the folio, This edition of Music, Deep Rivers in my Soul consists of CD examples printed on Somerset paper. Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari designed the typography. Cast the Spectrum and Romulus type in metal, handset the type and printed the text at Golgonooza Letter Foundry and Press in Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The color etchings were printed by hand on Somerset paper by Peter Pettengili at Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.
DEAN MITCHELL...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$4,796 Sale Price
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Rudolf v. Rittner as Florian Geyer - Last man standing -
Located in Berlin, DE
Lovis Corinth (1858 Tapiau - 1925 Zandvoort), Rudolf von Rittner as Florian Geyer, 1924 (Müller 854), drypoint signed in pencil. 20.4 × 14.2 (plate size), 37.7 × 30.6 cm (sheet size). Published by Karl Nierendorf, Berlin. Framed in a passepartout.
- Strong, precise impression. Frame a little bit rubbed and with two small damages.
About the artwork
The knight is a leitmotif in Lovis Corinth's work, culminating in his Self-Portrait in Armour of 1914. Of all the paintings on this theme, Corinth most often depicted Florian Geyer. Descended from a Franconian noble family, he fought for the freedom of the peasants during the peasant wars of the Reformation, first diplomatically and then militarily, leading the legendary Schwarzen Haufen (Black Troops). The name derives from the black uniforms with which Geyer dressed the peasants willing to fight.
During the Napoleonic occupation, the freedom fighter Florian Geyer was sung about by the Romantics, and the free corps Die Schwarze Schaar, founded in 1813 by Major von Lützow, succeeded the Schwarzer Haufen. It was against this historical background that Gerhard Hauptmann wrote the revolutionary drama Florian Geyer, which premiered at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1896. While the actor Rudolf Rittner, who would later appear in Fritz Lang's films, initially played the role of Schäferhans, he took over the leading role in the new production at Berlin's Lessing Theatre in 1904, again directed by Emil Lessing, which established his fame as an actor. Hauptmann himself praised the acting. He wrote to Hugo von Hofmannsthal: "It went quite well with Florian Geyer. In any case, I had the great pleasure of seeing the play again in an admirable performance". And Lovis Corinth was so taken with Rittner's performance that he painted an oil portrait of him in the role of Florian Geyer in 1906.
After two further graphic versions in 1915 and 1920/21, Corinth returned to the painting a year before his death and almost twenty years after the oil painting to create this graphic version in 1924. Even the inscription in the picture was taken over. This proves all the more the importance of the knight and freedom fighter for Corinth's self-image.
The oil painting, in particular, proclaims the single-minded determination to fight to the last for the values defended, manifested in the oil painting by the tattered flag held out to the enemy. There is a parallel with Rainer Maria Rilke's 1899 story The Cornet, in which the protagonist goes down with the flag that he first saved at the risk of his life.
Consequently, the portrait is also a self-portrait, and the knight's armour is not an academic costume or an ironic refraction, but an expression of Corinth's self-image, which also includes his self-representation as an artist. The Secession poster...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$906 Sale Price
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Your Myth of Scarcity
By Amy Wilson
Located in Red Bank, NJ
I am a multi-disciplinary artist who has professionally shown my work in dozens of galleries and museums since the late 1990s. But while my work can take many different forms, my practice is rooted in drawing. Whether I am working on the watercolor and acrylic pieces, or fiber-based pieces, every project and every idea begins with a drawing. Through that process I lay out my ideas, ask myself questions, experiment with different options, and try to resolve all the formal and conceptual issues I will attempt in my final piece.
The themes I have explored in my work from 1999 on, and even before then, have remained the same even though my style has shifted radically. I have been interested in exploring self-portraiture, personal narratives, femininity, politics, and the use of text in art. I have remained constant in my exploration of critical theory and art history, and drawn influence from artists as diverse as Joseph Beuys, Henry Darger, and Adrian Piper...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Textile, Ink, Archival Paper
Lithograph Israeli Modernist Judaica, Kibbutz Boy, Bezalel Artist
By Moshe Gat
Located in Surfside, FL
A signed and numbered lithograph print.
Moshe Gat was born in Haifa in 1935.
in 1952 he began his studies at the Bezalel School, in Jerusalem.
In 1955 he returned to Haifa, where h...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Macaques 4.35.
Located in Surfside, FL
Abramovitz, Albert 1879-1963
Born in Riga, Latvia, Abramovitz studied art at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and at the Grande Chaumière in Paris. In Paris, he became a member of the Salon in 1911 and in 1913 he became a member of its jury. He also became a member of the Salon d'Automne. While in Europe he received a medal at Clichy as well as the Grand Prize at the Universal Exhibition in Rome and Turin, Italy in 1911. In 1916, Abramovitz emigrated to America settling...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Insomnia dark image female nude figure mysterious drama contrast monochromatic
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A monochromatic monotype of a reclining nude in an abstracted, expressive environment. Moody, dark and ambiguously mysterious Figure in a metaphorically symbolic pose.. The backgroun...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype
In the Beginning, Portfolio of 12 Lithographs
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Rattner, American (1895 - 1978)
Title: In the Beginning Portfolio
Year: 1972
Medium: 12 Lithographs on Arches, signed and numbered in ...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Reading the Newspaper Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
9. "Ouvriers au repos."
Chassidic boy, Yeshiva student with open book. Judaica, Jewish scenes from a ghetto.
Saul Yaffie, a.k.a. Paul Jeffay, (1898–1957) was a Scottish Jewish arti...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Youth at Study Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
"Tristesse." (a state of melancholy sadness. "lamenting a lost love, he leaves us poised at the lip of a chasm of tristesse")
Chassidic boy, Yeshiva student with open book. Judaica, Jewish scenes from a ghetto.
Saul Yaffie, a.k.a. Paul Jeffay, (1898–1957) was a Scottish Jewish artist. Known for his charming French street scenes as well as his judaica work. This is signed in the plate and dated 1931 in the print. This is done in a style similar to the works of the early Bezalel School artists Hermann Struck and Jakob Steinhardt.
This lithograph, by artist Paul Jeffay depicts a Judaic Shtetl interior scene with great charm and sensitivity.
Saul Yaffie was born in Blythswood, Glasgow on 29 April 1898. His mother was Kate Yaffie (née Karkonoski), and his father, Bernard Yaffie, was a master tailor. Like many Russian Jews...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Abschied (Parting)
By Emil Nolde
Located in New York, NY
Emil Nolde (1876-1956), Abschied (Parting), etching and aquatint (tonal effects), 1906, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Schiefler/Mosel 20, third state (of 3). One of only...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts a wedding scene in a style of German Expressionism. hand signed and hand painted in watercolor.
Ilya Shenker, Russian/American (1922 - )
As a soldier in World War II, he survived where millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and Architecture in Odessa, but, one of a number of Russian Jewish artists allowed to emigrate, he left for America when the opportunity arose. He settled in New York City, a choice that has forever impacted his oeuvre. Many of his pictures depict New York cityscapes and lifestyle; however, they remain typically Russian. His subject matter often comes from memory and includes the life that he left behind, family, and friends. Drawing upon his Jewish heritage for inspiration, Shenker also paints historical events, such as "On the Eve of the Assault" in which he portrayed the last night before the destruction of Jerusalem. He has also illustrated a number of classics of Russian literature including Alexander Pushkin. His use of imagination also applies to the figures in his expressionist paintings—fictional characters such as the Spanish literary character Don Quixote make appearances in his work. He has also placed figures such as Rembrandt and Picasso in modern settings: in "Rembrandt Visiting our Family," Shenker sits his most favored artist at his family table, in a tribute to someone he describes as a "peoples artist." He is one in a long line of great Soviet Russian Judaica Jewish artists beginning with Yehuda Pen, who founded Russia's first art school for Jews in Vitebsk in 1897 continuing with his students, including Marc Chagall and El Lissitzky, Natan Altman, Leon Bakst and Robert Falk...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
My Work
By Joan Snyder
Located in New York, NY
Joan Snyder has been called an autobiographical, even confessional artist, who draws from her experiences and surroundings to create her paintings. While her subjects vary widely, Sn...
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Woodcut
$3,500
Latin American Judaica Conceptual Chassidic Art Modern Woodcut Luis Camnitzer
Located in Surfside, FL
Luis Camnitzer and Martin Buber (1878-1965),
New York: JMB Publishers Ltd, 1970.
Printed at The New York Graphic Workshop.
Hand signed on Arches paper. (Edition 24/100, numbered on Justification page)
Woodblock prints based on folktales from the Hasidic Jewish tradition in Eastern Europe, selected by Camnitzer from the early masters section of Buber’s Die chassidischen Bücher as translated by Olga Marx. German Expressionist style Jewish woodcuts...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Rabbi in Prayer Vintage Chassidic Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
. "La priere."
Chassidic Rabbi, Rabbi praying with open book. Judaica, Jewish scenes from a ghetto.
Saul Yaffie, a.k.a. Paul Jeffay, (1898–1957) was a Scottish Jewish artist. Known...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Lovers, Minimalist Nude Lithograph by Leon Golub
By Leon Golub
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leon Golub, American (1922 - 2004)
Title: The Lovers
Year: 1992
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 52/90
Size: 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm)
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,200 Sale Price
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El Sueno, Lithograph by Francisco Zuniga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998)
Title: El Sueno
Year: 1977
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 25, 5 AP
Size: 22 in. x...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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