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Realist Figurative Prints

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Annual Events for Young Murasaki (July) - Tales of Genji - Japanese Woodblock
Located in Soquel, CA
Annual Events for Young Murasaki (July) - Tales of Genji - Japanese Woodblock Rightmost panel a triptych, depicting monthly events for Wakamurasaki (Young Murasaki). This is the month of July. There appears to be a lesson taking place, possibly for writing or poetry. Artist: Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864) Publisher: Ebisu-ya Shoshichist Presented in a new blue mat. Mat size: 19"H x 13"W Paper size: 14.5"H x 10"W Commentary on the triptych: In the Edo period, Tanabata was designated as one of the five seasonal festivals, and became an annual event for the imperial court, aristocrats, and samurai families, and gradually came to be celebrated by the general public. Its origins are said to be a combination of the Kikoden festival, which originated from the Chinese legend of Altair and the Weaver Girl, and Japan's ancient Tanabata women's faith. Ink is ground with dew that has accumulated on potato leaves, poems and wishes are written on five colored strips of paper, which are then hung on bamboo branches to celebrate the two stars that meet once a year. Although the illustration is a Genji painting...
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1850s Realist Figurative Prints

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Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Vent du Nord, Coree
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vent du Nord, Coree" 1953 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. It is hand signed in pencil by the artis...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Hanover Schmiedestrasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hanover Schmiedestrasse" 1920 is an original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower cen...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Limited Edition Print of Trafalgar Square, Big Ben in Westminster City of London
Located in Preston, GB
Limited Edition Print of Westminster from Trafalgar Square with Big Ben, London, by leading British urban landscape artist, Angela Wakefield. Print measures 12.5 x 10.5 inches Pape...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Color, Digital, Giclée

Portugal : The Market - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Mily POSSOZ (1888-1967) Portugal : The Market, 1930 Original etching Handsigned in pencil by the artist Numbered / 60 copies Blind stamp of the editor Marcel Guiot (Paris) On vellum...
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1930s Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ashpahdua Habay Ashae-Gyoke
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Ashpahdua Habay Ashae-Gyoke" 1991 is a color offset lithograph on Artcote paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (A...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

WNEW Frank Sinatra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 45 x 29.5 inches ( 114.3 x 74.93 cm ) Image Size: 41.75 x 26.75 inches ( 106.045 x 67.945 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Offset

WNEW Frank Sinatra
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A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 James Cook Final Voyage
Located in Paonia, CO
 A Human Sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite (Tahiti)  1784 by John Webber is from the  First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain...
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1780s Realist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Vintage Hockney Tate Poster, Celia in Black Dress with white flowers and rainbow
Located in New York, NY
The poster features David Hockney's 1972 drawing Celia in a Black Dress. Viewed through elegantly drooping tulip stems, Celia Birtwell stares dreamily ahead. With one hand paused in ...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Seated Nude (version 1) from the portfolio Maillol: Sculpture and Lithography)
Located in New York, NY
Aristide Maillol Seated Nude (version 1) from the portfolio Aristide Maillol: Sculpture and Lithography, 1925 Lithograph on watermarked paper 12 1/2 × 19 1/2 inches Edition AP Hand-s...
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1920s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Richard Haas, Hong Kong, Etching & Aquatint, Signed 26/35, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas Hong Kong, 1990 Etching and Aquatint on wove paper Hand Signed, numbered 26/35 and dated on the front Frame included; held in the original vintage hand made wood frame ...
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1990s Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Architectura Curiosa Nova, Dragon Fish Garden Fountain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Andreas Böckler, 'Dragon Fish Garden Fountain', antique copperplate engraving, 1664, from the book 'Architectura Curiosa Nova'. A fine, richly in...
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1660s Realist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

THE FOUR SEASONS 4 Lithographs on Arches paper, American Illustration, Americana
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Norman Rockwell, American (1894 - 1978) Title: The Four Seasons: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper, 100% acid free Paper Size: 20.5 x 19.25 in...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Architectura Curiosa Nova, Chalice Garden Fountain
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Andreas Böckler, 'Chalice Garden Fountain', antique copperplate engraving, 1664, from the book 'Architectura Curiosa Nova'. A fine, richly inked ...
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1660s Realist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Asagiri
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Asagiri" c.1990, is a color woodblock print on paper by noted Canadian/Japanese artist Suezan Aikins, b.1952. It is signed and numbered 150/200 in pencil by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 11.25 x 23.25 inches, framed size is 18.65 x 30 inches. Custom framed in a silver metal frame, with double off white matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some small minor rubs, barely visible. About the artwork: This artwork required 7 different carved wood blocks and 21 layers of colors to complete. About the artist: Born in Montreal in 1952, Suezan was influenced early in her life by the works of modern Japanese woodblock printmakers which hung throughout her parents’ home. She attended the Fine Arts programme at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick (1969 - 1971), The Ontario College of Art (1971-73), L’ ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts (1974), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design -BFA (1975) as well as a very intensive year of study with Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo (1984-85). She has exhibited extensively in both public and private galleries throughout North America and Japan. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, and Boston with group exhibitions at the Wenniger Gallery, Boston, Royal Canadian Academy in Toronto and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. Her paintings and woodblock prints are found in many collections such as The Canada Council Art Bank, The Nickle Art Museum, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Royal Bank of Canada, Prince Takamanonamiya Norihito, the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, The Thomas Moore Institute as well as private collections. Suezan Aikins was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant in 1983, Nova Scotia Department of Culture - Development Grants in 1980, 1987 and 1988. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 1990 and received the Canadian Progress Club- Women of Excellence Award for Culture in 1993. Her work has been featured in a number of television documentaries as well as many Canadian magazines. STUDIES: Yoshida Woodblock Print Studio Tokyo, 84-85 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, 74-75 BFA Ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal, 74 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, 71-73 Mt. Allison University, 69-72 SELECTED SOLO SHOWS: 25 Year Retrospective of Woodblock Prints traveled to three Public Galleries in Germany: Dornum Castle; Tollhousverein, Leer; Rastede Palace, Oldenberg 2000-2001 color catalog and reviews. Private Exhibitions, Falmouth, Mass., July 1996; Montreal, November 1996; Gibson Island, Md., April 1999. Gold Paintings and Woodblock Retrospective, travelling: Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo; Genkan Gallery, Tokyo American Club; Blue Nile Gallery, Osaka; Kanda's Gallery BOQ, Okinawa; May 1994 (color catalogue) Edo Gallery, Boston, November 1992, Private Exhibitions, Chatham, Mass, July 1992, Toronto, Oct. 1991 New Paintings and Woodblocks Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo, May 1991, and also in 1987. Japanese Garden and Pavilion Foundation, Montreal, September 1990, Ownens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University 1988 Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1979; Gallery 78; Fredericton, November, 1983; Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, November, 1982 SELECTED GROUP SHOWS: "A New Leaf" 30 foot instalation of mixed media/ goldleaf reliefs, Artsplace, Annapolis Royal, N.S., 2000 color catalog "Far and Wide" Juried Bienials, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; 1996 to '99, travelling, catalogs "Moku Hanga Travelling Exhibition: Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

YE PIPE AND BOWL Signed Lithograph Colonial Sign Painter, American Illustration
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Norman Rockwell, American (1894 - 1978) Title: Ye Pipe and Bowl Year: 1976 Medium: Hand Drawn Lithograph on Arches paper, 100% acid free, hand signed in pencil by Norman Rock...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf" c.1975 is a color etching on Wove paper by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed n pencil by th...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Vendeur de Masques Chinois
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Vendeur de Masques Chinois" {The Chinese Masks Seller) 1940 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. It is hand signed in penci...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Richard Haas, The Rookery Courtyard, Chicago, s/n etching architecture and art
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas The Rookery Courtyard, Chicago, 1974 Etching on etching rag paper Signed, titled and numbered 11/50 in graphite pencil on the front Frame included Etching on etching ra...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Rag Paper, Etching

SEATED WOMAN BLUE JEANS Signed Lithograph Young Woman White Shirt Long Dark Hair
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED WOMAN BLUE JEANS is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Maurice Chevalier, Casino de Paris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Maurice Chevalier, Casino de Paris" created 1925 is a lithographic poster on paper by French noted artist Charles Kiffer, 1902-1...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Smell of Us (Hand signed poster)
Located in New York, NY
Larry Clark The Smell of Us (Hand signed poster), 2015 Offset lithograph poster Pencil signed by Larry Clark on the back 10 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches Unframed Limited edition poster; hand ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Five images from the popular 1886 Spanish Bullfighting Journal La Lidia
Located in Paonia, CO
La Lidia, the oldest and most popular bullfighting magazine was founded by Julian Palacios the owner of a prestigious lithograph and engraving workshop in Madrid. These colorful...
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1880s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Imagerie de Wissembourg - Christmas Santa Claus - Lithograph and stencil - 1906
Located in Paris, IDF
Imagerie de Wissembourg Christmas Santa Claus, c. 1906 Lithograph, woodcut and stencil Drawing by C. Burckardt On paper 43 x 32.5 cm (c. 17 x ...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Two Girls with Horses and Dog - Signed Stone Lithograph - 1928
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Two Girls with Horses and Dog (1928) Stone Lithograph Printed in Atelier Mourlot Printed signature in the plate On China paper 31 x 42 c...
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1920s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

High Quality Print of New York Rain III Painting by leading British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
High Quality Print of New York Rain III Painting by leading British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield. Part of her New York Series. Hand signed by the ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Board, Color, Digital

STREET SCENE Signed Lithograph, NYC Crowd Portrait Pencil Drawing, A-Line Skirts
Located in Union City, NJ
STREET SCENE, NYC Crowd, is an original, hand drawn lithograph by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Printed using traditio...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rescue at Sea during the Storm - Original etching
By Pierre Emile Berthelemy
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre-Emile BERTHELEMY (1818 - 1894) Rescue at Sea during the Storm Original etching Printed signature in the plate On linen vellum 24 x 33 cm (c. 10 x 13 in) Excellent condition
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Vintage David Hockney Poster Galerie der Spiegel 1970 (Boy in an Egg) with bird
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster reproduces The Boy Hidden in an Egg by David Hockney from his Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 1969. A shirtless young man curls up inside a d...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1984 Olympic Runner Print, Hand Signed by April Greiman AND Jayme Odgers w/ COA
Located in New York, NY
Renowned artists and designers April Greiman and Jayme Odgers 1984 Olympic Games Print (Hand Signed by both April Greiman and Jayme Odgers), 1982 Offset Lithograph Poster - art in sports - Signed in graphite pencil on the front. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher Also accompanied by Certificate of Guarantee issued by Alpha 137 Gallery 36 x 24 inches Unframed Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher on Olympic letterhead. This is one of 750 hand signed lithographic posters (though fewer than 200 said to be extant), published in 1982 to celebrate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics . April Greiman is an American designer widely recognized as one of the first designers to embrace computer technology as a design tool. Greiman is also credited, along with early collaborator, the late artist Jayme Odgers, with helping to import the European New Wave design style to the US during the late 70s and early 80s." The Olympic Committee commissioned 15 nationally known artists, including April Greiman and Jayme Odgers to create unique designs to promote the event. The complete list of artists is: Sam Francis, David Hockney, Richard Diebenkorn, Carlos Almaraz, Robert Rauschenberg, Jennifer Bartlett, Jonathon Borofsky, Roy LIchtenstein, April Gornik, Raymond Saunders, Martin Puryear, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Billy Al Bengston and Garry Winogrand. This was Greiman and Odger's contribution to the portfolio. In 2017, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne Switzerland...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset, Pencil

Persimmons
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Persimmons" 1980, is a colors woodcut on wove paper by noted Korean artist Bong Kyu Ahn, b.1938. It is hand signed, dated, titled, and numbered 10/90 in pencil b...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

COLMAR Signed Wood Engraving, French Village, Little Venice Half-Timbered Houses
Located in Union City, NJ
COLMAR is an original wood engraving by the American artist Bernard Brussel-Smith, hand printed in yellow, light blue and black ink. COLMAR depicts a quaint French village scene with...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Ansicht Von Rothenburg
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura Title: Ansicht Von Rothenburg Year: Circa 1930 Medium: Color etching on silk Paper: Wove Image size: 9.25 x 4.75 inches Framed size: 16.5 x 12.5 inches Signa...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Woman at the Tub (Femme au tub)
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) Woman at the Tub (Femme au tub) lithograph, 213/275, signed in print Image: 48.5 x 62.5 cm Frame: 69.5 x 81.5 cm Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1...
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1890s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

New York Sunshine Figurative Cityscape Limited Edition Print by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
New York Sunshine Figurative Cityscape Limited Edition Print of 'New York Woman' - Cityscape Painting by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist. 'New...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Giclée

Nudes in bathtub, signed lithograph edition of only 19 legendary realist artist
Located in New York, NY
Philip Pearlstein Untitled Nudes in bathtub, ca. 1971 Lithograph on paper with Deckled Edges Numbered from the limited edition of only 19. Unframed Hand signed in graphite pencil and...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Vintage Le Corbusier '69 David Hockney Exhibition Poster Kilim southwest rug
Located in New York, NY
Shading in bright turquoise above a Southwestern style thunderbird Kilim rug adorns this original exhibition poster for David Hockney's 1969 show at Andre Emmerich, New York. This po...
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1960s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

STANDING NUDE Signed Lithograph, Realist Portrait Young Woman, Figure Drawing
Located in Union City, NJ
STANDING NUDE an original hand drawn lithograph by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Printed on archival Arches paper 100%...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Two Girls with a Dog - Stone Lithograph - Mourlot, 1928
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Two Girls with a Dog (1928) Stone Lithograph Printed in Atelier Mourlot Printed signature in the plate On China paper 42 x 31 cm (c. 17 x 12") Excellent condition
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1920s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A Dance in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 James Cook Final Voyage by John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Dance in Otaheite ( Tahiti ) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) who...
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1780s Realist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Indian Mother and Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
This color etching is titled "Indian Mother and Child" (c. 1950) by Czech/American artist Max Pollak (1886 - 1970) is an original etching on wove paper. It is hand signed and numbered 37/100 in pencil by the artist. It is framed in its original frame and is in excellent condition. Image (plate mark) size is 5.65 in. x 5.25 in. Max Pollak, painter and printmaker, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on February 2, 1886, but his family moved to Vienna, Austria. He was raised in Vienna and, in 1902, he entered the Vienna Academy of Art. He studied painting and printmaking under William Unger and Ferdinand Schmutzer. In 1912, he traveled to Italy, France, and Holland to study and paint. During the First World War, he was appointed painter of the Austrian Army. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1927. His first exhibition at the 57th Street Art Gallery in New York was a commercial success and he was commissioned by Theodore Dreiser...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Orchid, gorgeous signed/n silkscreen by renowned 1970s realist artist
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Nesbitt Orchid, 1979 Silkscreen on wove paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered 144/175 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front Published by Charles Cardinale Fine Creations, Inc., with blind stamp on the front 25 × 25 inches Unframed This work is pencil signed, dated and numbered 144/175 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front. About Lowell Nesbitt. Lowell Nesbitt, who was born in Baltimore on Oct. 4, 1933, was a graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and also attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he worked in stained glass & etching. In 1964, the Corcoran Gallery or Art in Washington gave him one of his first museum exhibitions, and by the mid 1970's he had decided to leave the museum a bequest of more than $1 million. But in 1989, he publicly revoked the bequest after the Corcoran canceled a disputed exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, who was an old friend. Mr. Nesbitt named the Phillips Collection as a beneficiary instead. He was frequently grouped with the Photo Realists, but his images were more interpretively distorted, somewhat loosely painted and boldly abbreviated. He had many subjects: studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes and groupings of fruits and vegetables. He also painted his dog, a Rottweiler named Echo, the Neoclassical facades of SoHo's 19th century cast-iron buildings and several of Manhattan's major bridges. Despite such variety, Lowell Nesbitt was best known for gargantuan images or irises, roses, lilies and other flowers, which he often depicted in close up so that their petals seemed to fill the canvas. Dramatic, implicitly sexual and a little ominous, they earned the artist a popularity with the general public that tended to overshadow his reputation within the art world. In 1980, the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on Mr. Nesbitt's floral paintings. He also served as the official artist for the space flights of Apollo 9...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

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Screen, Pencil, Graphite

Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru - One of a Diptych Original Woodcut Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru is a Japanese Ukiyo-e print created between 1848 and 1854 by artist Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). The print is a Diptych, and is part of the...
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1850s Realist Figurative Prints

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Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Weinstube Street, Urbani Keller
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Weinstube Street, Urbani Keller" c.1920, is an etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner and inscribed on the left. The plate mark (image) size is 14 x 9.5 inches, framed size is 26.35 x 21.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black/silver frame, with off white matting and black color fillets. It is in excellent condition. About the artist. Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter. Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under Wilhelm Unger, who introduced him to the technique of the coloured etching, and also to his future wife, the artist Tanna Hoernes.[1] He died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate, all done by hand. Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers, to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Woman with Three Goats
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Woman with Three Goats" c.1960 is an original linocut on thin fiber paper by noted Turkish artist Nevzat Akoral, 1926-2016 It is signed in the plate as issue. The image...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Boy at the source / - Elixir of Life -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Thoma (1839 Bernau - 1924 Karlsruhe), Boy at the source, 1897. Algraph on strong wove paper after a drawing from 1897, published by Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig as ‘Zeitgenös...
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1890s Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Cabaret of Paris : Cancan Dancer - Original Etching on parchment, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche Cancan Dancer Handsigned original engraving Signature printed in the plate Numbered /12 On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inche...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Parisian Café Eiffel Tower Paris France Limited Edition Print by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Parisian Café Eiffel Tower Paris France Limited Edition Print by British Artist. A high quality limited edition print of Angela's European Series, incorporating the Eiffel Tower - on...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints

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Digital, Giclée, Archival Paper, Printer's Ink, Paper

Schermerthorn Windmuhle, Holland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Schemerthorn Windmuhle, Holland" c.1950 is a color etching on Wove paper by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed in pencil by th...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Woman in Traditional Japanese Suit Looking at the Sea - Original etching
By Étienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour
Located in Paris, IDF
Etienne Prosper BERNE BELLECOUR (1838-1910) Woman in Traditional Japanese Suit Looking at the Sea Original etching Printed signature i...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ichimura Uzaemon XIII - actor as Okaji of Gion, 1862 "The Six Poetry Immortals"
Located in Soquel, CA
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII - actor as Okaji of Gion, 1862 "The Six Poetry Immortals" A Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut print created circa 1862 by artist Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). ...
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1850s Realist Figurative Prints

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Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

A Man of Kamtschatka (Russia) 1784 Captain Cooks Final voyage by John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Man of Kamtschatka (Russia) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) was t...
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1780s Realist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

"INDIAN ON HORSE" WESTERN NATIVE AMERICAN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Olaf Wieghorst (1899 - 1988) California, New York, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas Artist Image Size: 11 x 8.5 Frame Size: 18.5 x 14.5 Medium: Print "Indian on Horse...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Vintage David Hockney poster Young Playwrights Festival 1982
Located in New York, NY
A masked performer gestures his hands, wearing bright green garb, a long hat, and jaunty black shoes with white socks. Hockney paints in loose strokes of color: garnet, sapphire, bright yellow, and emerald green. This vintage David Hockney...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Jack Levine American Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Lithograph Dinner Party
Located in Surfside, FL
This is being sold unframed. Reception in Miami. Born to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Levine grew up in the South End of Boston, where he observed a street life composed of European immigrants and a prevalence of poverty and societal ills, subjects which would inform his work. He first studied drawing with Harold K. Zimmerman from 1924-1931. At Harvard University from 1929 to 1933, Levine and classmate Hyman Bloom studied with Denman Ross. As an adolescent, Levine was already, by his own account, "a formidable draftsman". In 1932 Ross included Levine's drawings in an exhibition at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, and three years later bequeathed twenty drawings by Levine to the museum's collection. Levine's early work was most influenced by Bloom, Chaim Soutine, Georges Rouault, and Oskar Kokoschka. Along with Bloom and Karl Zerbe, he became associated with the style known as Boston Expressionism. In 1935, shortly after its formation, Levine joined the WPA’s Federal Art Project, where he was employed intermittently until 1939. In 1937, while with the WPA, Levine painted The Feast of Pure Reason...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Color, Lithograph

Night Eyes I
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Night Eyes I" c1980 is a color screen print on Wove paper by Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We- Ches) 1939-2016. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 215/275 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 10 x 8 inches, sheet size is 17 x 14 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist: Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross, (Alawa-sta-we-ches) was born in Washington state in 1939. She first studied with her portrait-painter mother, before beginning more formal studies in 1968. Her work is commercially oriented, sentimentalizing her paintings of Native Americans...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Good Memories, Home 1982
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Good Memories, Home 1982" 1982 is an color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed, titled, dated and resigned a second time in pencil by the artist. The plate mark size is 10.25 x 7 inches, framed size is 18 x 14.10 inches. Custom framed in a wood and silver color frame, with green matting and brown filet. It is in excellent condition. About the artist. Josef Eidenberger was born in 1899 in the little town of Goisern, Austria,he began his artistic career as a landscape painter. In 1923 he enrolled in the famed Graphic Academy of Art in Vienna and studied under Professor Alfred Cossman. His recognized talent brought him many commissions from city officials and members of the business communities throughout Europe, especially in Austria and Germany. In 1973 after visiting the United States for the first time he created a series of California etchings...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching

VENDEDORA Signed Lithograph, Portrait Seated Young Girl, Mexican Fruit Seller
Located in Union City, NJ
VENDEDORA, a limited edition lithograph by the renowned American-born Mexican sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett(b.1915–2012) depicts a sensitive black and white portrait of a...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Entangled
Located in Berlin, DE
Willibrord Haas (*1936 Schramberg), Entangled, 2008. etching, 28 cm (height) x 17 cm (width). Signed “Willibrord Haas” in pencil by the artist, dated “2008”, titled “Verschränkt” and...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Church of Mandraikina, Corfu
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork tiled "Church of Mandraikina, Corfu" 1928 is an original color linocut on Laid fibrous paper by noted British artist Isabel De Bohun Lockyer, 1895-1980. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 7/50 in pencil by the artist. The image (linocut mark) size is 7.15 x 9.85 inches, framed size is 18.75 x 21,5 inches. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age. About the artist: Isabel de Bohun Lockyer (1895–1980) was a British painter known for her linocut color prints. She worked as an independent artist and mostly depicted landscapes. Lockyer was one of the few linocut artists at the time who was not associated with the Grosvenor School, a collection of artists and students who were primarily responsible for a resurgence of interest in printmaking and particularly linocut after World War I. Her earlier work followed closely in the tradition of woodcut due to her use of water-based inks, but later her technique showed influence from the work of Claude Flight, one of the heads of the Grosvenor School, who invited her to exhibit her prints at some of his annual British linocut...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

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