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MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Period: 1980s
La Vilaine Lulu in Deauville - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Yves SAINT-LAURENT La Vilaine Lulu in Deauville, 1985 Lithograph On heavy paper 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch) Limited to 300 copies INFORMATION : Edit...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Zen Minimalist Flowers Etching American Modernist Ed Baynard Pop Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
ED BAYNARD (American, 1940-2016) Flowers, Flowers in a Vase, Etching. 1979/1980, Hand signed, dated l.r., Hand numbered from small edition 12/24, Dimensions: 23 by 19 in. Framed 25 by 21 in Born in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Raised in Washington, D.C. and newly graduated from high school, he flew to Europe living off and on in Paris and London. During this time, he designed costumes for Jimi Hendrix, worked as a graphic designer for the Beatles as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Returning to New York, he dedicated his life to art after a surprise success with his first show in 1971 at the Willard Gallery in NYC. Ed's images are Zen-like in their simplicity and grace rendered in a flat, graphic style that recalls Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. His watercolors are luminous, like the rest of his representations regardless of the medium. The Japanese inspired ukiyo-e style woodblock prints and lithograph works he created at Tyler Graphics in 1980 contain a 20th century "floating world" sensibility. Ed's wish was to bring harmony, color, and a meditative stillness to this chaotic planet. He did so in a gentle and powerful way, always as an expression of his deep gratitude for the love and beauty, friendship, and concerns he held dearest. His first solo exhibition was in 1971 at New York's legendary Willard Gallery on the recommendation of Agnes Martin. Baynard went on to have exhibitions at galleries including Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1973); Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (1977); John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (1980); and Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (1980/81).. Baynard manages to retain a simplicity of form inspired by a love of Japanese Woodblock prints. His new works reflect the same poetry of his earlier paintings, retaining his stylized compositions with their Zen like minimalism and Oriental calm, along with a new sense of rhythm and movement. Baynard uses familiar themes such as flowers, plants, pots, and vases, incorporating them into his delicate watercolor still lifes, thus creating stunning visual feasts. He was included in the 1972 Landscape exhibition at MoMA NY alone with other luminaries James Boynton...
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Zen Minimalist Flowers Etching American Modernist Ed Baynard Pop Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
ED BAYNARD (American, 1940-2016) Flowers, Flowers in a Vase, Etching. 1979/1980, Hand signed, dated l.r., Hand numbered from small edition 12/24, Dimensions: 23 by 19 in. Framed 25 by 21 in Born in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Raised in Washington, D.C. and newly graduated from high school, he flew to Europe living off and on in Paris and London. During this time, he designed costumes for Jimi Hendrix, worked as a graphic designer for the Beatles as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Returning to New York, he dedicated his life to art after a surprise success with his first show in 1971 at the Willard Gallery in NYC. Ed's images are Zen-like in their simplicity and grace rendered in a flat, graphic style that recalls Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. His watercolors are luminous, like the rest of his representations regardless of the medium. The Japanese inspired ukiyo-e style woodblock prints and lithograph works he created at Tyler Graphics in 1980 contain a 20th century "floating world" sensibility. Ed's wish was to bring harmony, color, and a meditative stillness to this chaotic planet. He did so in a gentle and powerful way, always as an expression of his deep gratitude for the love and beauty, friendship, and concerns he held dearest. His first solo exhibition was in 1971 at New York's legendary Willard Gallery on the recommendation of Agnes Martin. Baynard went on to have exhibitions at galleries including Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1973); Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (1977); John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (1980); and Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (1980/81).. Baynard manages to retain a simplicity of form inspired by a love of Japanese Woodblock prints. His new works reflect the same poetry of his earlier paintings, retaining his stylized compositions with their Zen like minimalism and Oriental calm, along with a new sense of rhythm and movement. Baynard uses familiar themes such as flowers, plants, pots, and vases, incorporating them into his delicate watercolor still lifes, thus creating stunning visual feasts. He was included in the 1972 Landscape exhibition at MoMA NY alone with other luminaries James Boynton...
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Zen Minimalist Flowers Etching American Modernist Ed Baynard Pop Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
ED BAYNARD (American, 1940-2016) Flowers, Flowers in a Vase, Etching. 1979/1980, Hand signed, dated l.r., Hand numbered from small edition 12/24, Dimensions: 23 by 19 in. Framed 25 by 21 in Born in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Raised in Washington, D.C. and newly graduated from high school, he flew to Europe living off and on in Paris and London. During this time, he designed costumes for Jimi Hendrix, worked as a graphic designer for the Beatles as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Returning to New York, he dedicated his life to art after a surprise success with his first show in 1971 at the Willard Gallery in NYC. Ed's images are Zen-like in their simplicity and grace rendered in a flat, graphic style that recalls Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. His watercolors are luminous, like the rest of his representations regardless of the medium. The Japanese inspired ukiyo-e style woodblock prints and lithograph works he created at Tyler Graphics in 1980 contain a 20th century "floating world" sensibility. Ed's wish was to bring harmony, color, and a meditative stillness to this chaotic planet. He did so in a gentle and powerful way, always as an expression of his deep gratitude for the love and beauty, friendship, and concerns he held dearest. His first solo exhibition was in 1971 at New York's legendary Willard Gallery on the recommendation of Agnes Martin. Baynard went on to have exhibitions at galleries including Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1973); Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (1977); John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (1980); and Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (1980/81).. Baynard manages to retain a simplicity of form inspired by a love of Japanese Woodblock prints. His new works reflect the same poetry of his earlier paintings, retaining his stylized compositions with their Zen like minimalism and Oriental calm, along with a new sense of rhythm and movement. Baynard uses familiar themes such as flowers, plants, pots, and vases, incorporating them into his delicate watercolor still lifes, thus creating stunning visual feasts. He was included in the 1972 Landscape exhibition at MoMA NY alone with other luminaries James Boynton...
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The Still Life - Etching by Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
The Still Life is an etching artwork realized by the Italian artist Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni (1934-2000), in 1983. Hand-signed on the lower right margin. Dated and Numbered on th...
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Zen Minimalist Flowers Etching American Modernist Ed Baynard Pop Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
ED BAYNARD (American, 1940-2016) Flowers, Flowers in a Vase, Etching. 1979/1980, Hand signed, dated l.r., Hand numbered from small edition 12/24, Dimensions: 23 by 19 in. Framed 25 by 21 in Born in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Raised in Washington, D.C. and newly graduated from high school, he flew to Europe living off and on in Paris and London. During this time, he designed costumes for Jimi Hendrix, worked as a graphic designer for the Beatles as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Returning to New York, he dedicated his life to art after a surprise success with his first show in 1971 at the Willard Gallery in NYC. Ed's images are Zen-like in their simplicity and grace rendered in a flat, graphic style that recalls Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. His watercolors are luminous, like the rest of his representations regardless of the medium. The Japanese inspired ukiyo-e style woodblock prints and lithograph works he created at Tyler Graphics in 1980 contain a 20th century "floating world" sensibility. Ed's wish was to bring harmony, color, and a meditative stillness to this chaotic planet. He did so in a gentle and powerful way, always as an expression of his deep gratitude for the love and beauty, friendship, and concerns he held dearest. His first solo exhibition was in 1971 at New York's legendary Willard Gallery on the recommendation of Agnes Martin. Baynard went on to have exhibitions at galleries including Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1973); Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (1977); John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (1980); and Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (1980/81).. Baynard manages to retain a simplicity of form inspired by a love of Japanese Woodblock prints. His new works reflect the same poetry of his earlier paintings, retaining his stylized compositions with their Zen like minimalism and Oriental calm, along with a new sense of rhythm and movement. Baynard uses familiar themes such as flowers, plants, pots, and vases, incorporating them into his delicate watercolor still lifes, thus creating stunning visual feasts. He was included in the 1972 Landscape exhibition at MoMA NY alone with other luminaries James Boynton...
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Leonor Fini - Orgy - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Orgy - Original Handsigned Lithograph Circa 1982 On colored paper Handsigned and Numbered Edition: 275 Dimensions: 69 x 52.5 cm
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New York Metropolitan Opera House : Tirésias - Original Vintage Poster (1981)
Located in Paris, FR
David HOCKNEY New York Metropolitan Opera House : Tirésias Original Vintage Poster Printed in France by Imprimerie Moderne du Lion in Paris 63 x 43 cm (c. 24.8 x 16.9 inch) This poster was created for the exhibition at Galerie Claude Bernard...
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Offset

Zen Minimalist Flowers Aquatint Etching American Modernist Ed Baynard Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
ED BAYNARD (American, 1940-2016) Flowers, Flowers in a Vase, Aquatint Etching. 1979/1980, Hand signed, dated l.r., Hand numbered from small edition 12/24, Dimensions: 23 by 19 in. Framed 25 by 21 in Born in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Raised in Washington, D.C. and newly graduated from high school, he flew to Europe living off and on in Paris and London. During this time, he designed costumes for Jimi Hendrix, worked as a graphic designer for the Beatles as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Returning to New York, he dedicated his life to art after a surprise success with his first show in 1971 at the Willard Gallery in NYC. Ed's images are Zen-like in their simplicity and grace rendered in a flat, graphic style that recalls Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. His watercolors are luminous, like the rest of his representations regardless of the medium. The Japanese inspired ukiyo-e style woodblock prints and lithograph works he created at Tyler Graphics in 1980 contain a 20th century "floating world" sensibility. Ed's wish was to bring harmony, color, and a meditative stillness to this chaotic planet. He did so in a gentle and powerful way, always as an expression of his deep gratitude for the love and beauty, friendship, and concerns he held dearest. His first solo exhibition was in 1971 at New York's legendary Willard Gallery on the recommendation of Agnes Martin. Baynard went on to have exhibitions at galleries including Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1973); Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (1977); John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (1980); and Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (1980/81).. Baynard manages to retain a simplicity of form inspired by a love of Japanese Woodblock prints. His new works reflect the same poetry of his earlier paintings, retaining his stylized compositions with their Zen like minimalism and Oriental calm, along with a new sense of rhythm and movement. Baynard uses familiar themes such as flowers, plants, pots, and vases, incorporating them into his delicate watercolor still lifes, thus creating stunning visual feasts. He was included in the 1972 Landscape exhibition at MoMA NY alone with other luminaries James Boynton...
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Radicofani - Original Etching by Bettino Craxi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Radicofani is an original contemporary artwork realized by Bettino Craxi in the first years of the 1980s. Original Etching. Very Good conditions. Beautiful etching depicting th...
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Mecklenburg Autumn
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Romare Bearden Mecklenburg Autumn - 1979 Print - Lithograph on Somerset paper 21" x 29" inches Edition: Signed in pencil and marked from 107/175 Fra...
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Lithograph

Leonor Fini - Untitled - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Untitled - Original Handsigned Etching Circa 1982 On colored paper Handsigned and Numbered Edition: 275 Dimensions: 69 x 52.5 cm Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life. Born in Buenos Aires in 1907 (August 30 – January 18, 1996, Paris) to Italian and Argentine parents, Leonor grew up in Trieste, Italy, raised by her strong-willed, independent mother, Malvina. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy directly from studying cadavers in the local morgue and absorbing composition and technique from the Old Masters through books and visits to museums. Fini’s fledging attempts at painting in Trieste let her to Milan, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1929, and then to Paris in 1931. Her vivacious personality and flamboyant attire instantly garnered her a spotlight in the Parisian art world and she soon developed close relationships with the leading surrealist writers and painters, including Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover for a time. The only surrealist she could not abide because of his misogyny was André Breton. Although she repeatedly exhibited with them, she never considered herself a surrealist. The American dealer Julien Levy, very much impressed by Fini’s painting and smitten by her eccentric charms, invited her to New York in 1936, where she took part in a joint gallery exhibition with Max Ernst and met many American surrealists, including Joseph Cornell and Pavel Tchelitchew. Her work was included in MoMA’s pivotal Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition, along with De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, and Yves Tanguy. In 1939 in Paris she curated an exhibition of surrealist furniture for her childhood friend Leo Castelli for the opening of his first gallery. Introductions to her exhibition catalogues were written by De Chirico, Ernst, and Jean Cocteau. A predominant theme of Fini’s art is the complex relationship between the sexes, primarily the interplay between the dominant female and the passive, androgynous male. In many of her most powerful works, the female takes the form of a sphinx, often with the face of the artist. Fini was also an accomplished portraitist; among her subjects were Stanislao Lepri...
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Comanche Dance, Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico Southwest Framed Etching
Located in Denver, CO
Comanche Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo (New Mexico). Etching and drypoint, artist's proof from an edition of 50 prints. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 22 ¼ x 18 ½ x ½ inches. Image size is 11 ¾ x 14 ½ inches. Print is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Gene (Alice Geneva) Kloss is considered one of America’s master printmakers. She was born in Oakland, California and established herself as an artist on the West coast. Kloss was introduced to etching by Perham Nahl while at UC Berkley. She graduated in 1924, and in 1925 married poet Phillips Kloss. In her late twenties, Kloss moved to Taos, New Mexico and began her life’s work of the New Mexican landscape and peoples. It was at this time that she received national acclaim. Her artwork exudes an unmistakable content and style. Enchanted by the architecture, mountainous landscapes and rituals of the inhabitants, Kloss captured the beauty of the Southwest and surrounding areas. Her style was bold yet deftly simple, masterfully expressing the elusive Southwestern light...
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Drypoint, Etching

Soccer World title champion - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994) - lithography 17/99
Located in Milano, MI
This is a very rare litograph made by Salvador Aulestia to celebrate Italy's soccer world championship in 1982 From this limited edition was made the poster and also a Prize winning ...
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Original "Jobs, Peace Freedom" vintage poster. 20th Anniversary of 1963 March
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Jobs, Peace, Freedom. 20th Anniversary of the Historic 1963 March on Washington. August 37, 19983. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C...
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Lithograph

'Survivor' — Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Elizabeth Catlett, 'Survivor', linocut, 1983, edition 1000. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '914/1000' in pencil. A fine impression, on...
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Madonna - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994) - lithography XIX/XXV
Located in Milano, MI
This particular Madonna is a symbolic version of the subject that is recurring in various periods of the Salvador Aulestia's artistic path. Colorful and rich of his unique signs. Ver...
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Ink, Watercolor

Modern Romeo & Juliette - Original handsigned lithograph - 100 copies
Located in Paris, FR
Jean HELION Modern Romeo & Juliette Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 copies On Arches vellum 65 x 50cm (c.26 x 20") Excellent condition
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Crucifix - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994) - lithography 97/99
Located in Milano, MI
In this lithograph we can find several fundamental stylistic points of the work of the maestro Salvador Aulestia. The subject of the Christ is presented in figure, but accompanied by...
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Ink, Watercolor

Sharaku
Located in Kansas City, MO
Gaston Petit Sharaku Color Lithograph and Silkscreen Year: 1980 Size: 27.6X17.6in Edition: 85 Signed and dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1200 Fat...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Giuseppe Verdi - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994) - lithography 20/60
Located in Milano, MI
Salvador Aulestia produce an important exhibition dedicated to the music composer Giuseppe Verdi. The exhibition was in tour in several important locati...
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Crucifix - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994) - lithography 13/15
Located in Milano, MI
This is a very rare litograph made by Salvador Aulestia. Only 15 were printed and signed by the artist. Particularly unique is a second partial signature on the upper side of the pap...
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Saint Gabriel Archangel - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994) - lithography 65/99
Located in Milano, MI
Original lithograph by the master Salvador Aulestia executed in 99 copies H.C. (out of commerce) numbered and signed by the Author, and in 10 copies P.A.H.C. (author's proof out of c...
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Blessing Christ - Salvador Aulestia (1915-1994) - lithography 76/100
Located in Milano, MI
The Christ was a recurring image in Salvador Aulestia's artistic path. This is a particular two color litograph in a vertical format that was attached to a bigger red cardboard to fi...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Ink, Watercolor

The Scream - Original Lithograph by Alfonso Avanessian - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The Scream is an original lithograph on ivory-colored cardboard, realized by Alfonso Avanessian in 1989. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil:...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

French Modernist Mourlot Lithograph Vintage Air France Poster Roger Bezombes
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage French Travel Poster, Air france Roger Bezombes (1913-1994) French Bezombes was a painter, sculptor, medalist, and designer. He studied in Paris, at the École des Beaux-Arts, and was much influenced by his friendship with Maurice Denis. Heavily influenced by surrealism, He worked principally as a painter, adopting the saturated Fauvist colors of Henri Matisse in landscapes and figure studies often based on observation of “exotic” cultures, notably Mediterranean and North African. Constrained, because a very young orphan, to all kinds of professions which provide him with the material means to devote himself to painting - he participated in 1930 in the installation of the exhibition of the Bauhaus at the Grand Palais-, Roger Bezombes is student of the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. (Ecole des Beaux Artes) He was trained in the art of fresco by Paul Baudoüin, René Barotte nonetheless restores that the young man's preference goes to the practice of "truancy" which he uses to make copies at the Louvre Museum. It’s the time when Paul Gauguin’s paintings, Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse are revealed to him by Maurice Denis with whom he will remain close until his accidental death, painting him on his funeral bed on November 14, 1943. He executed surrealist tapestry designs for Aubusson and Gobelin tapestries, posters (winning the Grand Prix de l'Affiche Francaise in 1984), costumes and sets for ballets at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, reliefs and murals. In 1965 he took up medal-making, expressing in his numerous metallic works for the Paris Mint that obsession with found objects which is also evident in his large-scale sculpture and in his posters. He designed posters for Air France and for the French national railways. Roger Bezombes went to Africa for the first time in 1936 thanks to a travel grant and received the same year the second grand prize of Rome . In 1937 he traveled around Morocco where he became friends with Albert Camus. The year 1938 offered him both his first solo exhibition at the Charpentier gallery in Paris with paintings and gouaches on the theme of Morocco and the attribution of the national grand prize for the arts, earning him a great journey which , from Dakar to Algiers , takes it through Chad , Tamanrasset and Hoggar. Roger Bezombes became a professor at the Julian Academy in 1950. For him, 1951 was the year of a trip to Greece and the year where he began his relationship with tapestry work. Roger Bezombes visited Israel in 1953, Tunisia and Egypt in 1954. He was appointed official painter of the Navy in 1955. Pierre Mazars analyzes that “after a period where we notice the influence of Van Gogh and GeorgesBraque, particularly in his landscapes of Provence, he came to a more schematic writing, the colored spots and the thicknesses of material taking more of importance as the subject. He even performed composite works, half-watercolors, half-pasted papers, in which he incorporated pieces of newspapers”. He was elected titular to the Academy of Overseas Sciences in 1978. "The range of Bezombes' talent forms is remarkable,” writes Lynne Thornton, “ranging from paintings, murals, travel posters, tapestry cartons, book illustrations, monumental ceramic decorations, ballet and theater sets, totem sculptures, sculpture objects, jewelry and medallions”. He was part of the mid century mod School of Paris that included Leon Zack, Bernard Lorjou, Paul Augustin Aizpiri, Gabriel Godard, Michel Henry, Hans Erni, Bengt Lindstrom, Alfred Manessier, Andre Hambourg, Raymond Legueult and Jean Rigaud. Select Solo Exhibitions: 1938: Galerie Charpentier, Paris 1950, '53, '55, '57: Galerie Andre Weil, Paris 1953:Wildenstein Gallery, London 1954: Institut Francais, Cologne 1956: Galerie Matarasso, Nice 1957: Horn Gallery, Luxembourg; Guilde de la Gravure, Paris 1958: Denys-Puech Museum, Rodez 1962: Musee de l'Athenee, Geneva; Chateau Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer 1966: Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice 1967: Galerie Martel, Montreal 1968: Romanet-Vercel Gallery, New York; Reattu Museum, Arles; Le Corbusier Center, Firminy 1969: Galerie Philippe...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Tree of Life - Etching on Cardboard by Danilo Bergamo - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Tree of life is an original modern artwork realized by Danilo Bergamo in 1983. Original etching. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower margin. Edition o...
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Interlude
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: Interlude Year: 1982 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 20 x 38 inches Size: 25.5 x 42.5 in. (64.77 x 107.95 cm) Fig 179, pg 70 from Will Barnet: Prints 1931-2005, published by John Szoke...
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Screen

Granada
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Date: 1962 Etching with Aquatint (Restrike) Image Size: 13 x 9 inches
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Sorrel - Original Screen Print by Gianni Testa - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
The Sorrel is an original print realized by the Italian artist Gianni Testa in 1986. Original mixed colored screen print. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left. Numbered on...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Screen

A Matter of Aesthetics
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithograph with Roman portrait bust. Will Petersen, a painter, master printer and a poet, was born in Chicago. (Amer. 1928-1994) created this limited edition LITHOGRAPH at the Lakeside Studio. The LITHOGRAPH PRINT is from a limited edition THE LITHOGRAPH IS SIGNED TITLED AND ANNOTATED BY THE ARTIST in pencil EXCELLENT condition. Will's formal art education began with classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. As a student at the city's Steinmetz High School, Petersen succeeded Hugh Hefner (of Playboy magazine fame) as the HS newspaper cartoonist, the Steinmetz Star. During this time, Petersen recovered from polio. In 1947 Petersen enrolled at Chicago's Wilbur Wright College. While there, he painted with oils for the first time. Two years later he enrolled at Michigan State University where he developed a strong interest in literature and writing and began printmaking. By 1951 he had begun to exhibit paintings and prints nationally. A year later he completed his master's degree. Petersen served in the United States Army from 1952-54, spending one year as an education specialist in Japan. This encounter with the Japanese culture affected his entire life. He became interested in calligraphy and Noh, classical Japanese Buddhist performance that combines elements of drama, music and poetry. Upon completion of his military service in Japan in 1955, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Phil Whalen, Mike McClure and others. Petersen was attracted to the group by their intelligence and belief in Zen Buddhism. In 1956 in his small studio in Oakland, he printed the poems of Jack Kerouac. He attended for the first time, the reading of Ginsberg's Howl at Six Gallery. His relationship with Gary Snyder had begun when both were in Kyoto, Japan; later Snyder wrote for the Plucked Chicken. Petersen returned to Japan in 1957, pursuing painting, printmaking and writing for eight years while living in Kyoto. In 1965 he accepted a faculty appointment at Ohio State University, teaching drawing, painting and printmaking. Four years later Petersen took his teaching skills to West Virginia University in Morgantown, where he concentrated on printmaking. He taught there until 1977 when he began publishing Plucked Chicken, a journal of art and poetry. In 1978 in Morgantown, Petersen and his wife, Cynthia Archer, established Plucked Chicken Press, which they later moved to Chicago and then Evanston. Petersen operated the Press until his death on April 1, 1994. 1956 In storefront studio in Oakland, California, creates serigraphs and lithographs. Prints poems of Jack Kerouac. 1961 Back in Japan, acquires a lithography press and stones and resumes printing lithographs. Exhibits regularly with Kyoto Printmakers. 1969 Resident lithographer at the Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan. Prints for the first time Richard Hunt lithographs. 1978 Establishes Plucked Chicken Press in Morgantown, West Virginia. Resident lithographer at Lakeside Studio in Michigan. 1980 Plucked Chicken Press moves to Chicago. Publishes lithographs by Don Crouch and Art Kleinman. 1982 Publishes Blossom, a lithograph/collage by Tom Nakashima. 1983 Series I of Plucked Chicken Press is published with work by Archer, Duckworth, Godfrey, Heagstedt, Himmelfarb, Hoff, Hunt, Martyl, Miller, Nakashima and Petersen. 1984 Plucked Chicken Press moves to Evanston. Series II of Plucked Chicken Press is published with works by Croydon, Ho, Archer, Torn, Osver, Middaugh, Roseberry, Petersen, Spiess-Ferris and Hoppock. 1985 Series III of Plucked Chicken Press is published with works by Driesbach, Hunt, Trupp, Gregor, Pattison, Conger, Evans, Weygandt, Archer, Ho and Petersen. Prints Suite I, Northern Illinois University Collectors Series, with lithographs by Renie Adams, David Bower, David Driesbach, Carl Hayano and Ben Mahmoud, all faculty members of the art department at Northern Illinois University. 1986 Publishes Richard Hunt s Over Wisdom Bridge. 1987 Series IV of Plucked Chicken Press is published with works by Bustos, Archer, Martyl, Petersen, Smith, Gordon, Gadomski and Godfrey. 1990 Series V of Plucked Chicken Press is published with four floral lithographs by Winifred Godfrey...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Guiding Flame - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Théo TOBIASSE The Guiding Flame Original handsigned lithograph On vellum Numbered /99ex 38 x 30 cm (c. 15 x 11.8 inch) INFORMATIONS : This lithograph, edited by Pierre Chave in 19...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Leonor Fini - Red Cats - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Engraving Mme.Helvetius' Cats Original etching created in 1985, Printed Signature (LF). Conditions: excellent Edition: 100 Support: Arches paper. Dimensions: Paper dimensions: 44 x 28 cm Editions: Moret, Paris. Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life. Born in Buenos Aires in 1907 (August 30 – January 18, 1996, Paris) to Italian and Argentine parents, Leonor grew up in Trieste, Italy, raised by her strong-willed, independent mother, Malvina. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy directly from studying cadavers in the local morgue and absorbing composition and technique from the Old Masters through books and visits to museums. Fini’s fledging attempts at painting in Trieste let her to Milan, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1929, and then to Paris in 1931. Her vivacious personality and flamboyant attire instantly garnered her a spotlight in the Parisian art world and she soon developed close relationships with the leading surrealist writers and painters, including Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover for a time. The only surrealist she could not abide because of his misogyny was André Breton. Although she repeatedly exhibited with them, she never considered herself a surrealist. The American dealer Julien Levy, very much impressed by Fini’s painting and smitten by her eccentric charms, invited her to New York in 1936, where she took part in a joint gallery exhibition with Max Ernst and met many American surrealists, including Joseph Cornell and Pavel Tchelitchew. Her work was included in MoMA’s pivotal Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition, along with De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, and Yves Tanguy. In 1939 in Paris she curated an exhibition of surrealist furniture...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Affiche pour l'exposition 'Homenatge a J. Torres Clavé
Located in Palo Alto, CA
With expressive fervor and graphic impact, this striking work demonstrates Miro's exquisite use of line. Heavy-handed black contours figure an otherworldly face, colored with vibrant...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bauhaus, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Exhibition Poster by Saul Steinberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
A vintage exhibition poster for famed New Yorker artist, Saul Steinberg at The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Jeux de Pages, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Jeux de Pages". The original painting was completed in 1951. In the 1970's after Picasso's d...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Cloud Flute Moment
Located in Surfside, FL
With chopmarks and blindstamps. published by The Lakeside Studio (chopmark lower right). THE LITHOGRAPH IS SIGNED TITLED AND ANNOTATED BY THE ARTIST in pencil EXCELLENT condition. Will's formal art education began with classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. As a student at the city's Steinmetz High School, Petersen succeeded Hugh Hefner (of Playboy magazine fame) as the HS newspaper cartoonist, the Steinmetz Star. During this time, Petersen recovered from polio. In 1947 Petersen enrolled at Chicago's Wilbur Wright College. While there, he painted with oils for the first time. Two years later he enrolled at Michigan State University where he developed a strong interest in literature and writing and began printmaking. By 1951 he had begun to exhibit paintings and prints nationally. A year later he completed his master's degree. Petersen served in the United States Army from 1952-54, spending one year as an education specialist in Japan. This encounter with the Japanese culture affected his entire life. He became interested in calligraphy and Noh, classical Japanese Buddhist performance that combines elements of drama, music and poetry. Upon completion of his military service in Japan in 1955, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Phil Whalen, Mike McClure and others. Petersen was attracted to the group by their intelligence and belief in Zen Buddhism. In 1956 in his small studio in Oakland, he printed the poems of Jack Kerouac. He attended for the first time, the reading of Ginsberg's Howl at Six Gallery. His relationship with Gary Snyder had begun when both were in Kyoto, Japan; later Snyder wrote for the Plucked Chicken. Petersen returned to Japan in 1957, pursuing painting, printmaking and writing for eight years while living in Kyoto. In 1965 he accepted a faculty appointment at Ohio State University, teaching drawing, painting and printmaking. Four years later Petersen took his teaching skills to West Virginia University in Morgantown, where he concentrated on printmaking. He taught there until 1977 when he began publishing Plucked Chicken, a journal of art and poetry. In 1978 in Morgantown, Petersen and his wife, Cynthia Archer, established Plucked Chicken Press, which they later moved to Chicago and then Evanston. Petersen operated the Press until his death on April 1, 1994. 1956 In storefront studio in Oakland, California, creates serigraphs and lithographs. Prints poems of Jack Kerouac. 1961 Back in Japan, acquires a lithography press and stones and resumes printing lithographs. Exhibits regularly with Kyoto Printmakers. 1969 Resident lithographer at the Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan. Prints for the first time Richard Hunt lithographs. 1978 Establishes Plucked Chicken Press in Morgantown, West Virginia. Resident lithographer at Lakeside Studio in Michigan. 1980 Plucked Chicken Press moves to Chicago. Publishes lithographs by Don Crouch and Art Kleinman. 1982 Publishes Blossom, a lithograph/collage by Tom Nakashima. 1983 Series I of Plucked Chicken Press is published with work by Archer, Duckworth, Godfrey, Heagstedt, Himmelfarb, Hoff, Hunt, Martyl, Miller, Nakashima and Petersen. 1984 Plucked Chicken Press moves to Evanston. Series II of Plucked Chicken Press is published with works by Croydon, Ho, Archer, Torn, Osver, Middaugh, Roseberry, Petersen, Spiess-Ferris and Hoppock. 1985 Series III of Plucked Chicken Press is published with works by Driesbach, Hunt, Trupp, Gregor, Pattison, Conger, Evans, Weygandt, Archer, Ho and Petersen. Prints Suite I, Northern Illinois University Collectors Series, with lithographs by Renie Adams, David Bower, David Driesbach, Carl Hayano and Ben Mahmoud, all faculty members of the art department at Northern Illinois University. 1986 Publishes Richard Hunt s Over Wisdom Bridge. 1987 Series IV of Plucked Chicken Press is published with works by Bustos, Archer, Martyl, Petersen, Smith, Gordon, Gadomski and Godfrey. 1990 Series V of Plucked Chicken Press is published with four floral lithographs by Winifred Godfrey...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Figurative Abstract -- Man at the Well
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative abstract with a colorful textured background and figure in black by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Hand pulled lithograph with hand work augmentation. Unsign...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

Radicofani - Original Etching by Bettino Craxi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Radicofani is an original contemporary artwork realized by Bettino Craxi in the first years of the 1980s. Original Etching on cardboard. Good conditions. Beautiful etching depi...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paul Wunderlich, Ltd. Ed. Original lithograph, hand signed, "Adam und Eva"
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Paul Wunderlich Adam und Eva (Nache Ingres) 1981 Original lithograph Hand signed and numbered Edition of 1000 Sheet Size: 23 5/8 x 18.75 inches Image Size: 20 x 16.25 inches
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Woman With Bird - Original Lithograph by Oscar Pelosi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Woman With Bird is an original colored Lithograph realized by Oscar Pelosi during the 1980s . The artwork is hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right. Numbered, o...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Pope - Vintage Poster
Located in Paris, FR
(After) Francis Bacon The Pope, 1995 Original vintage poster (hight quality offset) On heavy paper 86 x 50 cm (c. 34 x 20in) Edited by by Maeght for the exhi...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

The Woman With Bird - Original Lithograph by Oscar Pelosi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Woman With Bird is an original colored Lithograph realized by Oscar Pelosi during the 1980s . The artwork is hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right. Numbered, o...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Upper Room" Modern Abstract Figurative Female Lithograph Edition 10/75
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative lithograph by renowned artist John Biggers. The work features a trio of women carrying a house on their backs set against a rural landscape. Signed, titled, dated, and editioned along the front lower margin. Currently hung in a black frame with a white matting. Dimensions Without Frame: H 38.75 in. x W 27 in. Artist Biography: Born in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1924, John Biggers studied at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) under Viktor Lowenfeld and muralist Charles White. In 1943, Biggers' mural, Dying Soldier, was included in the exhibition curated by Lowenfeld, Young Negro Art, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After serving in the United States Navy, Biggers transferred to Pennsylvania State University where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as his doctorate in art education. In 1949, Biggers accepted a faculty position at Texas State University for Negroes (now Texas Southern University) in Houston, where he founded and chaired the art department until his retirement. In the early 50s, he won prizes for his work at annual exhibitions held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Dallas Museum of Art. In 1957, he traveled to Africa on a UNESCO fellowship to study Western African cultural traditions, becoming one of the first black artists to study the culture first-hand rather than through library research. His work was profoundly influenced by his experiences in Africa. He was known for his murals, but also for his drawings, paintings, and lithographs, and was honored by a major traveling retrospective exhibition from 1995 to 1997. He created archetypal imagery that spoke positively to the rich and varied ethnic heritage of African Americans, long before the Civil Rights era drew...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Leonor Fini - Playful Cat - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Playful Cat - Original Handsigned Lithograph Les Elus de la Nuit 1986 Conditions: excellent Handsigned and Numbered Edition: 230 Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Editions: Trinc...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Lies - From The Allegories - Original Offset by Renato Guttuso - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Lies - From The Allegories is a mixed colored offset print by the Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso. This print was realized on the occasion of the exhibition held in Rondanini Galler...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Girl at the Window - Original Etching by Benn - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Girl at the Window is an original Etching realized by Benn (Bencjon Rabinowicz) in 1987. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered. Edition ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Poppea Number One
Located in Kansas City, MO
Tono Zancanaro Title: Poppea Number One Medium: Color Lithograph Year: 1981 Signed Edition: XXV Size: 27.3 × 19.5 inches COA provided Antonio "Tono" Zancanaro ( Padua , 8 April 1906...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

La Vilaine Lulu on the Road to Saint Tropez - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Yves SAINT-LAURENT La Vilaine Lulu on the Road to Saint Tropez, 1985 Lithograph On heavy paper 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch) Limited to 300 copies INFORMATION : Edited in 1985 and limited to 300 copies, the set of lithographs...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Albert", Albert Einstein Portrait Silhouette
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein silhouetted portrait, a collotype print, watercolor by Lilya Vorobey (American, 21st C). Unsigned. From a collection of her works. Image, 9.75"H x 5.88"W. Full Sheet...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Color, Etching

La Vilaine Lulu at Easter Time (Eggs and Bells) - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Yves SAINT-LAURENT La Vilaine Lulu at Easter Time (Eggs and Bells), 1985 Lithograph On heavy paper 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch) Limited to 300 copies INFORMATION : Edited in 1985 and limited to 300 copies, the set of lithographs...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Femme Couchee, Cubist Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Femme Couchee". The original painting was completed in 1942. In...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

La Vilaine Lulu with Butterflies - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Yves SAINT-LAURENT La Vilaine Lulu with Butterflies, 1985 Lithograph On heavy paper 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch) Limited to 300 copies INFORMATION : ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Albert" Albert Einstein Portrait #5
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein portrait, "Albert", a color collotype print, watercolor by Lilya Vorobey (American, 21st C). Titled "Albert with his wry smile and electrifying white hair" lower righ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Color, Etching

Presence (Man with Bull and Animals) - Original vintage poster, 1987
Located in Paris, FR
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, called) Presence (Man with Bull and Animals) Original vintage poster (offset print) With the printed signature in the plate On wove paper 50...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

La Vilaine Lulu Among the Flowers - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Yves SAINT-LAURENT La Vilaine Lulu Among the Flowers, 1985 Lithograph On heavy paper 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch) Limited to 300 copies INFORMATION : Edited in 1985 and limited to 300 copies, the set of lithographs...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Radicofani - Etching by Bettino Craxi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Radicofani is an original contemporary artwork realized by Bettino Craxi in the first years of the 1980s. Original Etching on cardboard. Good conditions. Beautiful etching depi...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ex Libris Desrobert - Original Woodcut - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Desrobert is an original Modern Artwork realized in the first half of the 20th Century. Original Colored woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on car...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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