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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
Two Gentlemen Riding Horses - Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized in 19th Century. In very good condition, it is matted in a black mat.
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Three Native Americans Aftre Dolona Roberts litho numbered 22/ 100 signed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Original screen printing after Dolona Roberts numbered XXII / C . 45 in X 40 . Custom framed Born in 1936 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Roberts has had a life-long fascination with t...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Chris Ware New Yorker Cartoonist Limited Edition Thanksgiving Print NYC
Located in Surfside, FL
This is one print – printed in full color on 15" x 20" heavy cream-colored paper. It is from a limited edition series of 175, the portfolio is hand numbered and hand signed by Chris Ware. the individual prints are not. The page with the hand signature is included here as a photo for reference only it is not included in this sale. Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967), is an American cartoonist known for his Acme Novelty Library series (begun 1994) and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (2000) and Building Stories (2012). His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional torment and depression. He tends to use a vivid color palette and realistic, meticulous detail. His lettering and images are often elaborate and sometimes evoke the ragtime era or another early 20th-century American design style. Ware often refers to himself in the publicity for his work in self-effacing, even withering tones. He is considered by some critics and fellow notable illustrators and writers, such as Dave Eggers, to be among the best currently working in the medium; Canadian graphic-novelist Seth has said, "Chris really changed the playing field. After him, a lot of [cartoonists] really started to scramble and go, 'Holy [expletive], I think I have to try harder.'" While still a sophomore at UT, Ware came to the attention of Art Spiegelman, who invited Ware to contribute to Raw, the influential anthology magazine Spiegelman was co-editing with Françoise Mouly. Ware has acknowledged that being included in Raw gave him confidence and inspired him to explore printing techniques and self-publishing. His Fantagraphics series Acme Novelty Library defied comics publishing conventions with every issue. Ware's art reflects early 20th-century American styles of cartooning and graphic design, shifting through formats from traditional comic panels to faux advertisements and cut-out toys. Stylistic influences include advertising graphics from that same era; newspaper strip cartoonists Winsor McCay (Little Nemo in Slumberland) and Frank King (Gasoline Alley); Charles Schulz's post-WWII strip Peanuts and the cover designs of ragtime-era sheet music. Ware has spoken about finding inspiration in the work of artist Joseph Cornell and cites Richard McGuire's strip Here as a major influence on his use of non-linear narratives. He is one of the great practitioners who have elevated the graphic novel style along with, Shepard Fairey, Ben Katchor and Robert Crumb. Quimby the Mouse was an early character for Ware and something of a breakthrough. Rendered in the style of an early animation character like Felix the Cat, Quimby the Mouse is perhaps Ware's most autobiographical character. Ware's Building Stories was serialized in a host of different venues. It first appeared as a monthly strip in Nest Magazine. Installments later appeared in a number of publications, including The New Yorker, Kramer's Ergot, and most notably, the Sunday New York Times Magazine. Building Stories appeared weekly in the New York Times Magazine from September 18, 2005 until April 16, 2006. A full chapter was published in Acme Novelty Library, number 18. Another installment was published under the title "Touch Sensitive" as a digital app released through McSweeneys. The entire narrative was published as a boxed set of books by Pantheon in October 2012. Ware was commissioned by Chip Kidd to design the inner machinations of the bird on the cover of Haruki Murakami's novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. In 2011, Ware created the poster for the U.S. release of the 2010 Palme d'Or winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Awards and honors Over the years his work garnered several awards, including the 1999 National Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Comic Book for Acme Novelty Library and Award for Graphic Novel for Building Stories. Ware has won numerous Eisner Awards and multiple Harvey Awards. In 2002, Ware became the first comics artist to be invited to exhibit at Whitney Museum of American Art biennial exhibition. With Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb and Gary Panter, Ware was among the artists honored in the exhibition "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum in New York City, New York, from September 16, 2006 to January 28, 2007. His work was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in 2006 and at the University of Nebraska's Sheldon Museum of Art, in 2007. Many famous artists have done covers for the New Yorker Magazine including, Saul Steinberg, Maira Kalman, Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly, Charles Addams, Peter Arno, Roz Chast, Ed Koren...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Prints

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Color

Pablo Picasso, "Les Trois Graces, II, " original etching, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso Les Trois Graces, II 1922/23 This is numbered 74/100 Published by Marcel Guiot, Paris. Original etching, hand signed in pencil by Pica...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Rare 18 Karat Gold Leaf Embossed Etching After Georges Braque L'Oiseau d'Or
Located in Surfside, FL
Embossed print after Braque, based on his sculpture by the same name. Embossed in the print paper is "'Cephale', Hommage aux bijoux de braque, or fin 23 carat, sculpt heger de Lowen...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Gold Leaf

Calvary: Christ carrying the Cross - Original wooodcut, Handsigned & Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand HERTENBERGER (1882-1970) Calvary: Christ carrying the Cross, 1927 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blin...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Giacometti, Composition, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 19.3 inches, with centerfold and stitch perforations, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album,...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Portrait de A. Decaris, Albert Decaris
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Portrait de A. Decaris, 1953. Published by Editions d'Art Manuel Bruker, Paris; printed by Ateliers Rigal, Paris, January 30, 1953. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), The present portrait of Albert Decaris was completed to print on January 30, 1953 for typography by Zichieri; for engraving by Rigal. The edition has been set at 250 on vélin de Rives. The first twenty examples are suites on annam of all the engravings. ALBERT DECARIS (1901-1988) was a French artist, engraver, painter and Olympic Gold Medallist. Decaris was the first illustrator of luxury art books such as Le Chant de Mon Voyage vers la Grèce by Léon Cathlin, Combourg by Chateaubriand, Les Discours des Misères de ce Temps by Ronsard and Les Destinées by Alfred de Vigny. Decaris joined the infamous group called FVHJ at age 24. In the 1930s, Decaris began engraving postage stamps, resulting in more than 500 such designs, for various postal services, notably French and African. Stamp collectors...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Vallauris
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Vallauris Lithograph from 1954. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.5 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shi...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Raoul Dufy - French Campagne - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Raoul Dufy - French Campagne - Original Etching Dimensions: 13 x 10". Edition of 200 1940 Edition Les Bibliophiles du Palais, Paris Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jacques Villon - Cubist Man - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jacques Villon - Man- Original Etching 1949 Signed in the plate Dimensions : 44.5 x 32.5 cm
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Lithograph

Théo Tobiasse Set of 18 Lithographs Hand-Signed Diaspora Framed and Behind Glass
Located in Paris, FR
Set of eighteen lithographs from the “Diaspora” series by Théo Tobiasse. Théo was born in Israel of Lithuanian parents. Before he turned seven, his family moved to Paris due to fina...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

La Vilaine Lulu in Deauville - Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
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 : Edited in 1985 and limited to 300 c...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Etching Paris, Le Gerbier, 1946 Edition of 340 Signed in the plate Unnumbered as issued
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Paul Jouve (after) - Tiger - Original Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jouve (after) - Tiger - Engraving 19 x 14 cm Editions Rombaldi, Paris, 1950. Copy on velin creme de Rives Copper engraving heightened with pochoir.
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Regni Poloniae et Ducatus Lithuaniae.. - Etching by Frederick de Wit - 1680ca
Located in Roma, IT
This double-page etching with contemporary coloring, entitled Regni Poloniae et Ducatus Lithuaniae, Voliniae, Podoliae, Ucraniae, Prussiae et Curlandiae, was realized by the cartogra...
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1680s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Composition (Sabatier 393), Centre Noeuds, Roberto Matta
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 23.875 x 17.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 38/125, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Centre Noeuds, 1974. Published by ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ted Witonski, NYC (Chelsea) skyline intaglio
Located in New York, NY
An Ohio native Witonski made his home in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City and this subject may well be a Chelsea scene. But mostly it is a homage to intaglio printmaking. It...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Intaglio

Warrington Colescott, Your Day in Court mixed media graphic signed Artists Proof
Located in New York, NY
Warrington Colescott Your Day in Court, from the portfolio Wisconsin Graphics, 1971 Drypoint, etching, aquatint, woodcut, & soft-ground etching, w roulette, vibrograver, letterpress ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Woodcut

The Harbor - Original Lithograph by Paul Petit - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Harbor is an original lithograph realized by Paul Petit in the mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Numbered, 48/112 The artwork is depicted through confid...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue "Liebe" (Dear), Text in German on the plate, The drawing created unusually bold erotic subjects through deft strokes. Good conditions. Mihály Zichy...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving

Matisse, Série O, var. 1 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Nipples and Peas" The Perfect Meal "Soup Etching on Paper by Tina Heck
Located in Soquel, CA
The artwork "Nipples & Peas" by Tina Heck, created in 1983, is a print that combines elements of realism and abstraction. The technique appears to be a combination of printmaking, ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Intaglio, Woodcut

Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Taureaux Signed in the plate Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Edition: 200 Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel 1965 Jean Cocteau W...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Bible : The Dream of Abimelech - Original Lithograph (Mourlot #239)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) The Bible : The Dream of Abimelech,1960 Original lithography (Daeger Workshop) On paper 36 x 26.5 cm (c. 14.2 x 10.2 in) Second illustration on the back, ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 6 (double) J...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

Original Hawaii United Airlines vintage Hawaiiana travel poster 1967
Located in Spokane, WA
ORIGINAL 1967 United Air Lines HAWAII Travel Poster by James Jebary - Mid-Century Modern Wall Art, 25"x40" This isn't a reprint! You're viewing a...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Rouault, Composition, Georges Rouault, Stella Vespertina (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin pur fil du Marais paper, archivally hinged on a vélin pur fil du Marais backing sheet, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Fro...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Human Comedy - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After Pablo Picasso The Human Comedy - Lithograph after an original drawing, as published in the journal "Verve" Printed signature and date Dimensi...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Vue du Port au Chemin de Fer à Honfleur - Etching by Johan B. Jongkind - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Vue du Port au Chemin de Fer à Honfleur is an artwork realized by Jongkind in the 1870s. Etching. Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initi...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Nude Lying Down framed lithograph of woman by artist Aristide Maillol
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Framed lithograph of a female Nude Lying Down pastel by artist Aristide Maillol. Image size: 9 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches. Framed under glass in wooden frame.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Erotic Scene - Lithograph by Toyen - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an artwork realized by Toyen in 1927. Watercolored lithograph. The artwork is an illustration from the book Pybrac written by Pierre Louÿs  (1870-1925). The manuscr...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Alington in Wiltshire (The First Swallow).
Located in Storrs, CT
Alington in Wiltshire (The First Swallow). 1927. Etching. Garton 2.iv. 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 (sheet 10 1/2 x 13 1/2). Final state published by in an editon of 12 by Garton & Cooke in 1982 (Nicolson published an edition of 40 in 1927). In states iii and iv, the swallow of the title was removed. In state iv, the sky was re-etched and the cross-hatching was slightly finer. Signed in pencil. Garton writes, page 11: "The design was based on the Anglican chapel-of-ease is the farmyard of Bulisge at Allinston near Chippenham....The print was originally entitled The First Swallow, but the swallow was burnished out before the 1927 edition....Fifty years later new work was effected in the worn-out areas of the sky and distance to produce prints which, in his opinion, were better than those of the original edition." Robin Tanner was an English artist, etcher, and printmaker. He followed the visionary tradition of Samuel Palmer and English neo-romanticism. His etchings began following night-school classes at Goldsmiths College, London. He had been inspired by the major Samuel Palmer retrospective exhibition organized by Martin Hardie...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Original Anno Santo 1983 Viterbo Italy vintage travel poster and map on linen
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Anno Santo 1983 Italian travel poster map. Linen-backed in Grade A condition, ready to frame. A large yellow sun invites you into this image as it shines down on the entire ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Jean Cocteau - Mother and Son - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Taureaux Signed in the plate Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Edition: 200 Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel 1965 Jean Cocteau W...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Doctor' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Doctor' from the series 'Moriae Encomium (In Praise of Folly),' mezzotint, 1943, no edition, proofs only. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 to 1 3/4 inches) in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce. Image size 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (197 x 121 mm); sheet size 10 11/16 x 8 1/16 inches (271 x 204 mm). Created by the artist for 'Erasmus's Moriae Encomium,' or 'In Praise of Folly,' published by the Limited Editions Club, 1943. A rare, signed, proof impression apart from the Limited Editions Club publication. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lynd Ward is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost wood engravers and book illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century. His innovative use of narrative printmaking as a stand-alone storytelling vehicle was uniquely successful in reaching a broad audience. The powerful psychological intensity of his work, celebrated for its dynamic design, technical precision, and compelling dramatic content, finds resonance in the literature of Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne. Like these classic American writers, Ward was concerned with the themes of man’s inner struggles and the role of the subconscious in determining his destiny. An artist of social conscience during the Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American society. The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts at an early age. He graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, in 1926, where he studied illustration and graphic arts. He married May Yonge McNeer in 1936 and left for Europe for their honeymoon in Eastern Europe. After four months, they settled in Leipzig, where Ward studied at the National Academy of Graphic Arts and Bookmaking. Inspired by Belgian expressionist artist Frans Masereel's graphic novel ‘The Sun,’ and another graphic novel by the German artist Otto Nückel, ‘Destiny,’ he determined to create his own "wordless" novel. Upon his return to America, Ward completed his first book, ‘God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts,’ published in 1929. ‘Gods’ Man’ was a great success for its author and publisher and was reprinted four times in 1930, including a British edition. This book and several which followed it, ‘Madman’s Drum,’ 1930, ‘Wild Pilgrimage,’ 1932, ‘Prelude to a Million Years,’ 1933, ‘Song Without Words,' 1936, ‘Vertigo,’ 1937; and ‘Last Unfinished Wordless Novel’ (created in the 1960s and published in 2001) were comprised solely of Ward's wood engravings. Ward designed each graphic image to occupy an entire page, the sequence of which conveys the story's narrative. In 1937, Ward was named Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the following years, Ward went on to illustrate more than one hundred books (some of which he wrote), including classics for the Limited Editions Club Goethe’s ‘Faust,’ Faulkner’s ‘A Green Bough,’ and Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ and several children’s books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary,’ 1939, was shown at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and ‘Clouded Over,’ 1948, received the 1948 Library of Congress Award and was included in ‘American Prize Prints of the 20th Century’ by Albert Reese. He received the National Academy of Design Print Award (1949), the New York Times Best Illustrated Award (1973), and the Regina Award (Catholic Library Association, 1975). ‘The Biggest Bear,’ a children’s book with illustrations by Ward, was the recipient of the esteemed 1952 Caldecott Medal of the American Library Association. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Ward was a member and board member of the National Academy of Design and the Artists’ League of America. He served several terms as president of the Society of American Graphic Artists and was a member of the American Artists Congress and the Society of Illustrators. Ward exhibited at the American Artists Congress; the National Academy of Design; the John Herron Art Institute; and the Library of Congress. He had a one-person show at Associated American Artists, NY, on the publication of his monograph 'Storyteller Without Words,' 1974; AAA mounted a memorial exhibition in 1986. The May 1976 issue of 'Bibliognost,' a book collector’s publication, was dedicated to Ward. ‘Lynd Ward, His Bookplate Designs,’ an article by Dan Burne Jones, was published in the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers Yearbook, 1981/82. In 2001, sixteen years after his death, Rutgers University Libraries published ’Lynd Ward’s Last Unfinished Wordless Novel.’ The blocks were intended to be part of a novel in woodcuts, the first since Vertigo, but Ward did not live to complete the project. Master printer and book designer Barbara Henry collated and printed the twenty-six finished blocks out of the forty-four initially planned for the still unnamed narrative. In 2010 the Library of America honored Ward’s achievements with the meticulous production of a collection of Ward’s woodcut novels—the first time the Library had gone wordless. The publication replicated his original editions with a single full-size image printed on the right page of each double-page spread. In his introduction to the books, renowned cartoonist/illustrator Art...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Original Air India, Over 50 Years of International Operations travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Aiir India, Over 50 Years of International Operation travel poster, Archival linen backed for preservation. Excellent condition, ready to frame. Grade A condition. This rare collector’s item showcases the cheerful Air India Maharaja...
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1990s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Eiffel Tower in Green
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Eiffel Tower in Green Original Lithograph from 1957. Dimensions of work: 23 x 20 cm. Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris. The work is in Excellent conditi...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Woman and White Cat, Framed and Signed Modern Screenprint by Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Woman and White Cat Will Barnet, American (1911–2012) Date: 1971 Screenprint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition of 45/200 Image Size: 23.25 x 20 inches Size: 26 x 22 in. ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Screen

Composition (Vallier 153), Le Tir à l'arc mis en lumière par Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur Chiffon Moulin à papier Richard de Bas paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Le Tir à l'arc mis en lu...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bathing - Woodcut by Aristide Maillol - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bathing is a print realized by Aristide Maillol in the early 20th Century. Woodcut on paper. Good conditions. Aristide Maillol, (born December 8, 1861, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France—die...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Gin Giving Doris a Haircut
Located in Middletown, NY
A life drawing by a well known book illustrator and long-term resident of the Chelsea Hotel in the 1930s. Caswell, Edward Gin giving Doris a hair cut Black crayon on lightweight, br...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Crayon

Georges Braque - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Georges Braque - Original Lithograph 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo The father of Cubism Three Cubist that distinguishes art historian periods were initiated and developed by Georges Braque: The Cubist Cézanne (1907-1909), Executive (1909-1912) and synthetic (1912-1922). Post-Impressionist and fawn, Braque no longer adheres to the contingency of a decorative way or the other. Cézanne’s paintings exhibited at the Grand Palais during the retrospective of 1907 are a revelation: Cézanne sought and invented a pictorial language. In his footsteps, Braque went to the South with the reasons of the Master. He returned with Estaque landscapes and surprising Ciotat it keeps Cezanne geometric model and retains the “passages” continuity from one surface to another to create the sensation of “turning around” of the object represented. But he wants to go after the consequences of the vision of Cezanne. In his paintings Houses in L’Estaque (1908) it simplifies the volumes of houses, neglects detail by removing doors and windows: the plastic rhythm that builds the table. Large Nude , a masterpiece of the period, can be considered the first work of Cézanne cubism . Systematizing and deepening Braque discoveries open the door analytical cubism. In 1909, his painting became more cerebral than sensual. The pattern is recreated in the two-dimensionality of the canvas, leaving aside any illusionistic perspective. In Still Life with Violin, objects are analyzed facets according to their characteristic elements, each facet referring to a particular view of the object. There are so many facets of points selected view: Table reflects the knowledge of the object and the ubiquity of the eye. Moreover, Braque is looking for the essence of the objects in the world rather than their contingency, which explains the absence of light source and use of muted colors (gray, ocher), contingent aspects of the object . But formal logic has stepped facets, erased any anecdote to the object and ultimately led to his painting a hermetic more marked on the edge of abstraction (see the series of Castle Roche-Guyon ). Braque, anxious to keep the concrete and refusing at all costs that the logic of Cubism takes the paintings to abstract, reintroduced signs of reality in his paintings in 1912 marks the beginning of Synthetic Cubism. Historians speak of “signs of real” rather than reality because what interests Braque, this is not to put reality into a table, but to create a painting which, by its language, refers to the real. To do this, he invented two major techniques XX th century inclusions and contributions. The inclusions consist of painting objects that have no real depth, materials (wallpaper in Nature morte aux playing cards faux wood is a pictorial inclusion) or letters (calligraphic inclusion in Portuguese ), made first brush and a few months later stencil. Contributions are defined in contrast with the collage on canvas of foreign materials: glued or sand paper, sawdust, etc.. Regarding the collages, Braque used for the first time in September 1912 a piece of adhesive paper imitating faux wood Compote and Glass , then the packet envelope of tobacco Bock in 1912-1913, or an advertisement in Damier , 1913). Inputs and inclusions refer to an external object in the table, without “emulate” this object. Away from their appearances, objects are represented in closest essence of the objects in the real world sense. This is also the time of Synthetic Cubism that Braque invented paper sculpture. There are, unfortunately, and no one is living proof of a photograph makes it possible to realize: Paper and paperboard. Métamorphoses period(1961-1963). In 1961, Georges Braque worked on a Greek head for the Louvre, which obsesses him, and he wishes to free his mind. He tried several times to bring out the paint and the result was unsatisfactory. He thinks the ultimate metamorphosis its Greek head projected in three dimensions. He calls in his studio of Baron Heger Loewenfeld, master lapidary, and he communicates his enthusiasm during the “fateful encounter.” Nine months later, in honor of the eighty years of Georges Braque, Heger Loewenfeld offers the Master of the ring Circe: the famous Greek head finally exorcised, carved in an onyx. Braque Loewenfeld then asked to identify other issues that haunt him. From dated and signed by Georges Braque, Heger gouaches Loewenfeld shapes works in the fields of jewelery, lapidary art...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Ink, Watercolor

Cocteau, Por la boca de su herida, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau, 1965....
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Astrology - Zodiac : Scorpions - Original Etching Handsigned in pencil, 1979
Located in Paris, IDF
Raymond PEYNET Astrology - Zodiac : Scorpions, 1979 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered /220 On Arches vellum 76x56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inches) This etching is authentified by...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Putting on the Coat
Located in Middletown, NY
A bright and silvery impression with warm plate tone by a female icon of the Union Square group. New York: Associated American Artists, 1943. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 7/8 x 3 ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jean Cocteau - Man with Hat - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Taureaux Signed in the plate Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Edition: 200 Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel 1965 Jean Cocteau W...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Toast
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Toast" c.1990, is an original color serigraph by American artist Rickey Jewell Hohimer, 1946-2021. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 98/300 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 23.75 x 9.5 inches, framed size is 30.25 x 16.25 inches. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is slightly damaged, and will be replaced by a new similar black frame when sold. This will bring the over all condition to excellent. About the artist: Although formally trained with a MFA in painting, Rickey Jewell Hohimer has used the styles of Van Gogh and Gaughin to reach for the spontaneity and simplicity of today's folk art. Hohimer creates figures which are not photos of reality; they are romantically stylized to encourage straightforward emotional responses both to the colorful images and to the situations in which they find themselves. Each of Hohimer's paintings lays out a basic story line to which viewers add their own details. "I want the viewer to become personally involved. My paintings offer a change from those which encourage extensive intellectualizing about what the artist is trying to convey. I want viewers to smile -- to enjoy the whimsical nature of what they are experiencing -- to feel it, not to analyze it. His jazz paintings are stories on canvas of inspired musicians spontaneously making music of the moment. Life in the jazz age is clubs and nightlife beckoning to musicians to produce jazz art...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Screen

Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, Human Bodies - Original Etching (Baer #144)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, Human Bodies, 1936 Original etching (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On BFK Rives vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (12.7 x 9.8 in) REFERENCES : - Cata...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, Four Heads - Original Etching (Baer #151)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, Four Heads, 1936 Original etching (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On BFK Rives vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (12.7 x 9.8 in) REFERENCES : - Catalo...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, The Escape - Original Etching (Baer #161)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, The Escape, 1936 Original etching (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On BFK Rives vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (12.7 x 9.8 in) REFERENCES : - Catalo...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Cry of the Catitipède - Original Handsigned Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Yvon TAILLANDIER The Cry of the Catitipède Original pastel and graphite drawing Signed in pencil On paper 50 x 65 cm (c. 19.6 x 25.5 in) Very good condition, slight traces of paste...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Pastel, Graphite

The Taillandier-Land Ambassy - Original Handsigned Screen Print
Located in Paris, IDF
Yvon TAILLANDIER The Taillandier-Land Ambassy Original screen print Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 12 copies On paper 48.5 x 54.5 cm (c. 19 x 21.4 in) Excellent condition
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Screen

Two Gentlemen Riding Horses - Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized in 19th Century. In very good condition, it is matted in a black mat.
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Marie Laurencin
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin de Rives BFK à la forme paper. Paper Size: 9.84 x 11.81 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Alice...
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1930s 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...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

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