Modern Figurative Prints
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
Recognized Seller Listings
Marquette
Located in Storrs, CT
Marquett. 1925. Etching. Fletcher 51. 8 7/16 x 6 7/8 (sheet 12 13/16 x 8 7/8). Trial proof, apart from the edition of 106 (total 113 impressions). A rich impression, printed on cream...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Machine Guns
By Kerr Eby
Located in Storrs, CT
Machine Guns. 1921-22. Etching. Giardina 64 state ii. 7 x 11 1/2 (sheet 9 3/8 x 13 3/4). Published state from the edition of 75. Toning in the image area; ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Crucifixion
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Crucifixion
Engraving, 1958
Signed, dated, titled, and annotated 'Printers Proof II' in pencil
A printed by Master Printer Jon Clemens, c. 2000
A brilliant impression full of burr
Im...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Advice
By Walt Kuhn
Located in New York, NY
Walt Kuhn (1877-1949), Advice, etching and drypoint, 1915, signed in pencil lower right and titled lower left. In generally good condition but obviously a proof impression, with marg...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
A[rthur ][Edward] Donkin.
By Francis Dodd
Located in Storrs, CT
Schwabe 72. 14 x 10 5/8 (sheet 20 1/2 x 14 5/8). Edition 67,#31. A rich impression printed on the full sheet of Japanese mulberry paper. Signed and numbered in pencil.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
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CHILD REACHING
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. CHILD REACHING. Szoke 83, Cole 82, Johnson 65. Woodcut, 1940. Edition of 25. Titled and signed in pencil. 7 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (image), 8 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches (sheet). ...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Roofs, Summer Night.
Located in Storrs, CT
Roofs, Summer Night. 1906. Etching. Morse catalog 137 state ii. 5 1/4 x 7 (sheet 9 1/2 x 12 1/8). Series: New York City Life. A fine impression on cream ...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Vatican City
Located in Storrs, CT
9 x 12/8 (sheet 11 3/8 x 17 1/4). A rich impression printed on cream laid paper with full margins. Signed in pencil.
Born in Lewisham, Edward Bouverie-Hoyton studied etching under Malcolm Osborne...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Two Suns
Located in New York, NY
Many places, many times intermingle in the work of Roberto Juarez. His life is so much a part of his work, that each new body of work introduces subjects, styles and motifs that see...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Thermae of Caracalla, Rome
Located in Storrs, CT
10 x 13 3/8 (sheet 14 5/16 x 18 7/8). Edition 75. A rich impression printed on light tan laid. Published by the Fine Art Society. Signed in pencil.
Born in Lewisham, Edward Bouverie-Hoyton studied etching under Malcolm Osborne...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
La Depart Pour La Chasse
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur lithograph La Depart Pour La Chasse, in five colors, 1927, signed and numbered (35/150) in pencil (Sylvain Laboureur, Godefry 780), from the edition of 150 plus ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (From Shakespeare I)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A figurative lithograph, Untitled (From Shakespeare I) by Modern artist Marino Marini, depicts two abstracted figures executed in orange and cerise against a neutral beige background...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Charles Cundall, R.A.
By Francis Dodd
Located in Storrs, CT
Schwabe 171.v. 18 x 11 3/4 (sheet 20 1/2 x 14 5/8). Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 13 (1926): 373; Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940. A rich impression printed on the fu...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Fifth Avenue Critics.
Located in Storrs, CT
Fifth Avenue Critics. 1909. Etching. Morse 128.x/xi. 6 x 8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 1/4). Edition 100 in this state (few proofs in earlier states, and a large unsigned edition printed for t...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Boy with Bird
Located in New York, NY
Many places, many times intermingle in the work of Roberto Juarez. His life is so much a part of his work, that each new body of work introduces subjects, styles and motifs that see...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Marechal Ferrant (The Blacksmith)
Located in New York, NY
Hermine David (1886-1970), Marechal Ferrant (The Blacksmith), etching and drypoint, signed in pencil lower right [also signed in the plate lower left], ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
THE CLINIC
By Peggy Bacon
Located in Portland, ME
Bacon, Peggy. THE CLINIC. Flint 109. Drypoint, 1932. Edition size not known, but likely very small as the print is rare. 4 15/16 x 6 7/8 inches, plus wide margins (the sheet is 11 x ...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
THE GOOD CANDIDATE - from Reincarnations - Pere Ubu
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871 -1958)
THE GOOD CANDIDATE, BOUDOUBADABOU, 1928 (Chapon & Rouault 10)
Etching, aquatint and roulette. From “Reincarnations du Pere Ubu...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Figures in a Landscape
Located in London, GB
Giclee print mounted on aluminium
147.3 x 132.1 cm
Edition of 500, this edition 466/500
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
The Passing Freight, Danbury
By Martin Lewis
Located in Storrs, CT
.The Passing Freight, Danbury. 1934. Drypoint and sand ground. McCarron 108. 8 7/8 x 14 7/8 (sheet 12 1/7 x 17 5/8). Edition 46 (including 6 trial proofs). A rich, tonal impression p...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Figure assise sur fond de carreaux fleuris
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Figure assise sur fond de carreaux fleuris, 1929
etching, on chine appliqué
Signed in pencil and numbered 12 from the edition of 25
Plate: 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (11.1 x ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Nu assis, bras croisés sur la poitrine
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Nu assis, bras croisés sur la poitrine, 1929
drypoint, on chine appliqué, signed in pencil and
numbered 22 from the edition of 25
Plate: 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 inches (14.1 x...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Torse de face
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Torse de face, 1913
lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition 31 of 50
19 11/16 x 13 in. (50 x 33 cm)
Ref: Duthuit 407; Cat. 31
signed in ink and numbered 31/50
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Petite Liseuse
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Petite Liseuse, 1923
lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition 3 of 12 AP, apart from the edition of 50
17 3/16 x 11 in. (43.7 x 27.9 cm)
Ref: Duthuit 431; Cat. 40
signed...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nu couché, jambe repliée - Étude de jambes
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Nu couché, jambe repliée - Étude de jambes, 1925
lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition of 50
18 x 22 1/16 in. (45.7 x 56 cm)
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nu accroupi, profil à la chevelure noire
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Nu accroupi, profil à la chevelure noire, 1906
lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition of 25
17 11/16 x 11 in. (44.9 x 27.9 cm)
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Figure devant tapa africain
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Figure devant tapa africain, 1929
lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition of 50
25 3/8 x 19 11/16 in. (64.5 x 50 cm)
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Danseuse endormie
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Danseuse endormie, 1926-27
lithograph on Japanese vellum, AP
17 5/16 x 22 in. (44 x 55.9 cm)
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Danseuse à mi-jambes, Main au Menton (Pl. de l'album Dix danseuses)
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse
Danseuse à mi-jambes, Main au Menton (Pl. de l'album Dix danseuses), 1927
lithograph on wove paper
19 3/4 x 13 in. (50.2 x 33 cm)
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Paris Omnibus - 20th Century, Linocut, Print by Claude Flight
Located in London, GB
Signed & numbered in image from the edition of 50.
Printed from 4 blocks in blue oil paint, crimson oil paint, viridian printing ink and black printing ink. On oriental laid tinted w...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Runners - 20th Century, Linocut, Print by Cyril Power
By Cyril Power
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil lower right.
Unnumbered aside from the edition of 50.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Rush Hour - 20th Century, Linocut, Print by Sybil Andrews
Located in London, GB
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
The Flight Into Egypt.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Flight Into Egypt. 1969. Color dye stencil (Kappazuri). 20 5/8 x 17 5/8 (sheet 27 x 24). Edition 50, #35. Printed on crumpled, hand-made paper on...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil, Watercolor, Color
Sculptural Ideas 4
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint on Fabriano paper.
Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 50 recto.
Printed by 2 RC Editrice, Rome and published by Raymond Spencer Company for the...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Sculptural Ideas 3
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint on Fabriano paper.
Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 50 recto.
Printed by 2 RC Editrice, Rome and published by Raymond Spencer Company for the...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
POOR WHITES
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGE BIDDLE (1885 - 1973)
POOR WHITES, 1932 (Pennigar 104)
Lithograph, signed and titled in pencil edition. 40. Image 11 x 14 1/4 inches, sheet 14 x 19 5/8 inches.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Workers - 20th Century, Lithograph by Christopher Nevinson
Located in London, GB
Edition of 50
Signed and dated lower right
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Banking at 4000 Feet - 20th Century, Lithograph by Christopher Nevinson
Located in London, GB
Edition of 200
Signed, dated and numbered
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Returning to the Trenches - 20th Century, Drypoint by Christopher Nevinson
Located in London, GB
Drypoint on off-white laid paper
Edition of 75
Signed & dated in pencil
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
July, Summer 2014 V - Contemporary, Unique hand painted monotype by Jim Dine
By Jim Dine
Located in London, GB
Unique
Monotype with woodblock and hand painting in charcoal and ink on Arches cover white paper
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype
Two Women Bathing Child II - 20th Century, Print by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Aside from the edition of 200. A Printer's proof from the archive of Stanley Jones, printer at Curwen Prints Ltd where the edition was executed.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Four Mother and Child Studies - 20th Century, Print by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered in pencil from the edition of 100
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Reclining Figure with Red Stripes - 20th Century, Print by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
From the edition of 250. Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Standing Figures - 20th Century, Print by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Signed, dated & numbered in pencil from the edition of 50.
Printed by W.S. Cowell Lt, Ipswich & published by School Prints Ltd, London.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Reclining Mother and Child with Grey Background - Print by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Standing Figures - 20th Century, Print by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
From the album `Meditations on the Effigy'
Signed and numbered in pencil VIII/X aside from the edition
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Quarter of Nine, Saturday's Children.
By Martin Lewis
Located in Storrs, CT
Quarter of Nine, Saturday's Children. 1929. Drypoint. McCarron 78. 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 (sheet 12 7/8 x 17 7/8). Illustrated: American Etchers: Martin Lewis. Edition 107. A fine impression...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Relics (Speakeasy Corner).
By Martin Lewis
Located in Storrs, CT
McCarron 74. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 17 1/8 x 13 3/4). Edition of 111. Illustrated: American Etchers: Martin Lewis. A brilliant, luminous impression with rich, velvety burr, printed on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. Price upon request. Housed in an archival mat and a 25 x 21-inch black wood frame.
According to McCarron, page 136, "The popularity of Relics when first issued is clear; the entire edition sold in just a few months, a spectacular achievement for a printmaker of the time."
The location depicted in Relics is the intersection of Charles Street and West Fourth Street in Greenwich Village, a few blocks from Lewis's house on Bedford Street.
During Lewis' lifetime, Relics was his most popular print, and the entire edition was sold. Relics and Glow of the City...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Le Concert sur la Plage (Musicians on the Beach)
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Villon (1875-1963) Le Concert sur la Plage (Musicians on the Beach), 1907, etching and aquatint, signed and inscribed “essai” denoting this a trial proof [also signed and dat...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Driving Home in the Rain
Located in Storrs, CT
Driving Home in the Rain. 1914. Drypoint. Appleby 35. 7 3/8 x 10 1/8 (sheet 12 x 15 3/8). Edition 40. Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940; Print Collector's Quarterly 1...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Stoops in Snow
By Martin Lewis
Located in Storrs, CT
Stoops in Snow. 1930. Drypoint and sandpaper ground. McCarron catalog 89.state ii. 9 x 14 7/8 (sheet 13 1/4 x 18 7/16 ). . Edition 115 recorded impress...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Sailors' Holiday
By Lill Tschudi
Located in London, GB
Printed from 3 blocks in dark blue, light brown & light blue.
Signed, titled & numbered from the edition of 50.
Reference: Coppel LT 24
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Portrait Head
By Lucian Freud
Located in London, GB
Signed with initials and numbered from the edition of 46, plus 12 artist's proofs.
The sitter is presumed to be 'Emily' a close friend of Freud's.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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