Photorealist Figurative Prints
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
Greta, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 18.5 x 24.25 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by C...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Illeana II, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 23.5 x 31.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by Galerie La Vigne, Paris, in an edi...
Category
1990s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Diane, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 19 x 28 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by Circle...
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Illeana, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 22 x 31 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by Galerie La Vigne, Paris, in an edition...
Category
1990s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jill, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 29.75 x 22.25 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered 166/300, as issued. Notes: Published and printed by...
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Everybody's Bookshop, Everybody's Books, Color photorealist lithograph Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham
Everybody's Bookshop, Everybody's Books, 1975
Color Lithograph
23 × 18 inches
Signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil on the front; Bears Artist's cop...
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Artem (5071)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is printed on Hahnemuhle archival paper. Hahnemühle FineArt, Inc. is a paper manufacturing company in the Relliehausen district of Dassel, Germany. It is a significa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper
Young Man Rising up out of the Sea
Located in New Orleans, LA
A signed Certificate of Authority will be included with all photographs. A nude young man is seen rising from the sea after his swim.
This impression is printed on Hahnemuhle archi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper
"1990 Ferrari F40" Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1990 Ferrari F40" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close up view of the back side of a 1990 Ferrari F40.
Born...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Kirill / Boy with Crossed Legs (peekaboo)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A signed Certificate of Authority will be included with all photographs. A nude boy faces the viewer siting in front of an open window.
This impression is printed on Hahnemuhle arc...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
"Roma (from Urban Landscapes III)" Richard Estes, Photorealist Screenprint
Located in New York, NY
Richard Estes
Roma (from Urban Landscapes III), 1981
Signed and numbered "33/250" in pencil, lower margin
Color screenprint on white wove paper
14 x 20 inches
Edition 33/250
Richar...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"1959 Cadillac El Dorado" (2021) By Shan Fannin, Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1959 Cadillac El Dorado" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close up view of the baby blue fins and taillights o...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - Hand Colored Cityscape Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed and dramatic hand-colored etching by Luigi Kasimir (Austrian, 1881-1962). St. Stephen's cathedral towers above the streets of Vienna, with people going about their daily bus...
Category
1920s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
"Nane - Qagyuhl" Native American in Grizzly Costume - Photogravure Print
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nane - Qagyuhl" Native American in Grizzly Costume - Photogravure Print
Photogravure of a Native American man from a photo by Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952). The man i...
Category
Early 20th Century Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Looking at Me, photorealist art Signed twice with heart drawing and inscription
Located in New York, NY
Howard Kanovitz
Looking at Me (Signed twice with heart drawing and inscription), 1981
Colour Lambda print on vellum
Pencil signed and annotated Artist Proof (AP) by artist on the fro...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Ink
Empire by Robert Cottingham (photorealism, neon sign )
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham is known for imagery that celebrates the history of communications in America, specifically neon signage on urban storefronts and signs on railroad cars.
In 2008, Lincoln Center commissioned Robert Cottingham to commemorate the 46th anniversary of its Film Festival. Inspired by his earlier photographs of the Empire Theatre in Montgomery Alabama...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Greek Beach Bliss, Handmade Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, Swimming Body in Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Greek Beach Bliss" is a cyanotype of a woman's feet in the fresh water of a sandy beach shore...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Rag Paper, Watercolor
WAITING IN THE WINGS Signed Lithograph, Ballerinas in Stairwell, Pink Blue Tutus
Located in Union City, NJ
WAITING IN THE WINGS is an original hand drawn lithograph by the photorealist American painter Douglas Hofmann printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100...
Category
1990s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Unexpected Frontier, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: The Unexpected Frontier
Year: 1981
Edition: 57/150, plus proofs
Medium: Silkscreen in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper
Size: 29.13 x 38.19 in...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"1967 Volkswagen Samba/Kombi Bus" By Shan Fannin, Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1967 Volkswagen Samba/Kombi Bus" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a front view of a blue and white Volkswagen bus...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
AFTERNOON REHEARSAL Signed Lithograph, Ballerinas, Tulle TuTu
Located in Union City, NJ
AFTERNOON REHEARSAL is an original hand drawn lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by Douglas Hofmann printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches pa...
Category
1990s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"1958 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver" (2021) Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1958 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts close up view of the shiny metal propeller on a red and yellow vintage plane...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Blimpie, America's Best Dressed Sandwich Pop Art Photo Realist Silkscreen Litho
By Charles Ford
Located in Surfside, FL
Charles Ford, American Photo Realist Pop Artist Texas Artist
Photorealism is a movement which began in the late 1960's, in which scenes are painted in a style closely resembling phot...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Olive Grove in Moonlight, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Olive Grove in Moonlight
Year: 1968
Edition: 200, plus proofs
Medium: Etching on vélin de Rives paper
Size: 22 x 30 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: Published and printed by Ian Hornak, New York
IAN HORNAK (January 9, 1944 – December 9, 2002) was an American draughtsman, painter and printmaker. Described by The New York Times as being, “right at the top of romantically descriptive painters today,” Hornak was one of the founding artists of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist fine art movements. Hornak's personal papers and effects entered into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art in 2007. His artwork is owned by the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art; the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History; the Library of Congress; the Corcoran Gallery of Art; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art; the Allen Memorial Art Museum; the Austin Museum of Art; the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute; the Canton Museum of Art; the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College; the Detroit Historical Museum; the Flint Institute of Arts; the Forest Lawn Museum; Galleria Internazionale; The George Washington University Art Galleries; Guild Hall; the Children's Hospital Boston (Harvard Medical School affiliate); the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction; the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages; the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library; the National Hellenic Museum; the Ringling College of Art and Design; the Rockford Art Museum; the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University; the Florida State Capital; St. Mary's University, Texas; The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland; the University of Texas at San Antonio; the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College; the Washington County...
Category
1960s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Gas Line, Photorealist Silkscreen by Ron Kleemann
By Ron Kleemann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - )
Title: Gas Line from the CityScapes Portfolio
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph on Somerset Paper, signed and number...
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Santa Monica Harley, Tom Blackwell
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Tom Blackwell (1938-2020)
Title: Santa Monica Harley
Year: 1977
Medium: Silkscreen on Masonite
Edition: 56/60, plus proofs
Size: 23 x 37.5 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription:...
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Blue Panties, Photorealist Lithograph by John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Kacere, American (1920 - 1999)
Title: Blue Panties
Year: Circa 1980
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300, HC 10
Image Size: 19 x 26 inches
Size...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Transparent Barricades, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Transparent Barricades
Year: 1981
Medium: Silkscreen in colors vélin de Rives BFK paper
Size: 26 x 40 inches
Edition: 86/200, plus proofs
Condit...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Peach Lily on Beige, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Peach Lily on Beige
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 40 x 29 inches
Si...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Shabbas Candles, Modern Portrait Lithograph by Sandu Liberman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandu Liberman, Romanian/Israeli (1923 - 1977)
Title: Shabbas Candles (Green)
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 136/150
Image Size: ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
View of the Mall From a Castle Tower
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
View of the Mall From a Castle Tower, 1983
Seven-Color Lithograph: Hand Drawn on English Somerset Satin 100% rag paper
14 1/4 × 43 3/4 inches...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cold Beer (with coca cola sign) iconic photorealist lithograph, Signed/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Two Color Offset Lithograph on Wove Paper by photo realist star Robert Cottingham
Pencil signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 150 on the front
This hand signed, titled and...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Looking out the Window
Located in New Orleans, LA
A signed Certificate of Authority will be included with all photographs. A young man looks out of his window with plant
This impression is printed on Hahnemuhle archival paper. Hah...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Howard Kanovitz, "The Ground Above Us", Color photorealist lithograph, Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Howard Kanovitz
The Ground Above Us, 1980
Color lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges by renowned photo realist pioneer
Signed and numbered from the limited edition of 175 in ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Waiting in the Wings, Photorealist Ballet Screenprint by Douglas Hofmann
By Douglas Hoffman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Douglas Hofmann, American (1945 - )
Title: Ballerinas
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Image Size: 33.5 x 20 inches
Frame Size...
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1990s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"1971 Mercedes AMG 300 SEL (a.k.a. "Red Pig")" Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1971 Mercedes AMG 300 SEL (a.k.a. "Red Pig")" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a 1971 Mercedes AMG 300 SEL.
Born 1969...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
"1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 M22" Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 M22" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close up view of the front of a blue Po...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Nude sunning on Floor (out of the shadows)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A signed Certificate of Authority will be included with all photographs. A nude man lies inside on a sun dappled wooden floor, This is a very subtle color photograph.
This impressi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper
"2016 Ford GT #68" (2021) By Shan Fannin, Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "2016 Ford GT #68" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close up view of the taillights and exhaust on this red, white, a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Blues (The Original Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham
Blues (The Original), 1989
Color aquatint on wove paper
Edition 31/45
Pencil signed and numbered by Robert Cottingham on the front
Framed
This is the original, stri...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Semper Paratus (Firetruck-First Responders Tribute)" Limited Edition Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "Semper Paratus (Firetruck-First Responders Tribute)" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a Semper Paratus.
Born 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Esperanza, Screenprint by Audrey Flack
By Audrey Flack
Located in Long Island City, NY
Esperanza by Audrey Flack, American (1931)
Date: Circa 1972
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 150
Size: 34 in. x 24 in. (86.36 cm x 60.96 cm)
Published by Shorewood
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"1990 Ferrari Testarossa" Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1990 Ferrari Testarossa" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a 1990 Ferrari Testarossa.
Born 1969 in Californ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Une Bouchee D'Amour (signed presentation print by female photorealist artist)
By Audrey Flack
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Flack
Une Bouchee D'Amour, 2013
Mixed media: Digitized drawing with silkscreen
Signed, titled and numbered recto (front) in graphite pencil
Annotated presentation proof
Frame included: in elegant vintage wood frame
Print Club of New York, Publisher; Printer: Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Digitized drawing with silkscreen
Flack's "Une Bouchee d'Amour" was the 2013 presentation print commissioned by The Print Club of New York, and it is accompanied by a COA issued by the Print Club of NY as well as Alpha 137...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital, Screen, Pencil, Graphite
The Hunter, Mid-Century Photo Realist Drypoint Etching Portrait, Limited Edition
By Gilbert Schoenbrod
Located in Soquel, CA
An incredible photo-realist drypoint etching of a Native American man by Gilbert Adam Shoenbrod (American, 1903-1996), 1937. Titled "The Hunter", this hyper detailed portrait depicts...
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1930s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
"1930 Indian Scout 101" (2021) By Shan Fannin, Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1930 Indian Scout 101" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close view of a red Indian motorcycle gas tank w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Stratford-upon-Avon, vintage 1950s travel poster by J. Dixon Scott
Located in London, GB
John Dixon Scott
Stratford-upon-Avon
76 x 51 cm
Lithograph
Published by the Travel Association of Great Britain and N.Ireland this beautiful photographic image encouraged travel to ...
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1950s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Norwich, Elm Hill, vintage 1950s travel poster by J. Dixon Scott
Located in London, GB
John Dixon Scott
Norwich, Elm Hill
76 x 51 cm
Lithograph
Published by the Travel Association of Great Britain and N.Ireland this beautiful photographic image encouraged travel to No...
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1950s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Crooked Spire, Chesterfield, vintage 1950s travel poster by Val Doone
Located in London, GB
Val Doone
The Crooked Spire, Chesterfield
76 x 51 cm
Lithograph
Published by the Travel Association of Great Britain and N.Ireland this beautiful photographic image encouraged t...
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1950s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bath, vintage 1950s travel poster by Herbert Lambert
By Herbert Lambert
Located in London, GB
Herbert Lambert (1882-1936)
Bath, Roman Baths & Abbey
76 x 51 cm
Lithograph
Published by the Travel Association of Great Britain and N.Ireland this beautiful photographic image en...
Category
1950s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picturing America (monograph hand signed by BOTH Chuck Close and Richard Estes)
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close, Richard Estes
Picturing America (hand signed by both Chuck Close and Richard Estes), 2009
Hardback Monograph (hand signed by Chuck Close a...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Landscape with Ravine, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Landscape with Ravine
Year: 1968
Edition: 200, plus proofs
Medium: Etching on vélin de Rives paper
Size: 22 x 30 inches
Condition: Good
Inscrip...
Category
1960s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Don't Walk unique trial proof signed and inscribed by famed photorealist artist
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham
Don't Walk, 1985
Three color Linoleum Cut on Paper
Pencil signed, inscribed to Bryan and annotated TP
Published by Chip Elwell Fine Prints
Trial Proof (unique)
This is a Trial Proof that Robert Cottingham inscribed, annotated and gifted to Bryan Konefsky, his longtime studio assistant in both Newtown, CT and Santa Fe New Mexico. Only one other example - a variant - of this early print, exists and is in the collection of the Smithsonian. Due to the untimely death of printer Chip Elwell in October of 1986, only two proofs in the woodcut medium were pulled: the present work, which Cottingham gifted to his longtime studio assistant, and the one at the Smithsonian. Furthermore and in another interesting turn of events, Elwell's studio was burglarized shortly after his death and among the items stolen were the original wood blocks for DON'T WALK. This is an historic work; and the only one available on the market.
Measurements:
Framed:
15 inches x 13.5 inches x .3 inches
Artwork
12 inches x 10.5 inches
Robert Cottingham Biography
Robert Cottingham (b.1935, Brooklyn, NY) is recognised for his Photorealist paintings of American urban landscapes, particularly his depictions of painted and neon shop signs...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Pencil, Linocut
Manhattan View, Governor's Island (Szoke 87, 89)
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
Manhattan View, Governor's Island (Szoke 87, 89), 1999
Aquatint & Photo Etching in Colors on Arches Cover Paper with full margins
Pencil signed from the limited edition ...
Category
1990s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Rusted Glory (Chevy Truck)" Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's "Rusted Glory (Chevy Truck)" is a visually captivating limited edition giclée print that brings to life the rich history and character of a classic Chevrolet truck. Thi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Pink Camellia, Photorealist Floral Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Pink Camellia from the Stamps Series
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250
Image Size...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
The People, signed 3D photo realist mixed media sculpture of people viewing art
Located in New York, NY
Howard Kanovitz
The People, 1971
3-5 Mixed Media Silkscreen on Plexiglas and aluminum base
Signed: Artist's Signature etched on the work and annotated A.P., Edition of 1 (an Artists Proof, aside from the regular edition of 75)
15 × 16 × 1 1/2 inches
Signatured etched on the work and annotated A.P. , aside from the limited edition of 75.
This excellent 1971 3-D photo realist work "The People" is a multiple based upon a larger work the artist did of people beholding a work of art. Here, we see them only from behind, because they are busy looking at art - a clever photorealist work - art about art - catching people in the process of looking at art.
Howard Kanovitz Biography
Howard Kanovitz was a leader of Photo Realism: a documenter of style and fashion, depicting members of the art scene at openings, or superimposing known critics and curators onto images of board room meetings. In his particular style, he explored the intersections of painting, photography, fiction, and fact.
Kanovitz studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and The Art Studenst League in Woodstock where he worked with Yasuo Kyniyoshi before moving to New York an apprenticing with Franz Kline. As a member of New York’s downtown art scene, Kanovitz painted abstract paintings, which he exhibited at Tenth Street Galleries early in his career. Following his father’s death in 1963, Kanovitz went through family photos, an experience which prompted him to interrogate the relationship between images and perception. At this time, Kanovitz abandoned abstraction in favor of a figurative style and worked arduously in this new direction. These efforts culminated in a 1966 solo exhibition at the Jewish Museum, securing his place as a leader of Photo Realism among artists such as Larry Rivers, Alex Katz, and Chuck Close.
His photo based, representational paintings exhibited at the Jewish Museum show were the first to be called “photo-realist” and shocked many in the art community prompting a symposium which was held at the New York Studio School for “downtown artists” to weigh in on this perennial “hot topic”, newly addressed by one of their own.
Kanovitz first began using airbrush in 1967, giving his paintings a feeling of photographic perfection. Cut out figures created using this precisionist technique were placed in the viewers space, often in front of Kanovitz’s painted canvas depicting the luminaries of the art world of the time. This type of installation was the centerpiece in the first of several Waddell Gallery shows.
Kanovitz has been the subject of many solo museum shows internationally and his work is collected by institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Britain, London, and Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna.
-Courtesy Eric Firestone...
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Etching, Screen
"1951 Chevrolet Truck" (2021) By Shan Fannin, Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1951 Chevrolet Truck" is a limited edition giclée print that depicts a front view of a red 1951 Chevy Truck with shiny new chrome and a blue sky in the back...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Photorealist figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist figurative prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Shan Fannin, Robert Cottingham, John Kacere, and Lowell Nesbitt. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Digital Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist figurative prints, so small editions measuring 8.08 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $150 and tops out at $26,250, while the average work sells for $900.