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
Cap. Cerimonia, Sig. Lauinia
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
Title: Cap. Cerimonia, Sig. Lauinia
Year: 1622
Medium: Etching
Paper: Laid paper
Size of paper: 3.15 x 3.85 inches
Condition: Very good con...
Category
17th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is an etching on wove paper by Samuel Donovan aka Don Swann (American, 1889-1954) created circa 1940. It is hand signed, titled, and numbered B....
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Ashmolean and Balliol College, Oxford, lithograph by F. L. Griggs
Located in London, GB
Engraved by F. L. Griggs, drawn by Sir Muirhead Bone
The Ashmolean and Balliol College, Oxford
Lithograph
31 x 47 cm
Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs was a British etcher, draughtsman...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Landscape "Campi Phlegraei - Plate XXXIII" Naples - By Hamilton-Fabris
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 21.5x39 cm.
Beautiful plate from the volume "Campi Flegrei" by William Hamilton including 59 plates by Pietro Fabris. This particular plate illustrates the eruptio...
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18th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$2,991 Sale Price
30% Off
STREET SCENE Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Young Men and Women Casual Gathering
Located in Union City, NJ
STREET SCENE is an original, hand drawn lithograph by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Printed using traditional lithogra...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
College Fun at the University of Cambridge, engraving by William Bunbury
Located in London, GB
William Bunbury, engraved by James Bretherton
College Fun or Quizzing the Proctor
Hand coloured engraving
27 x 34 cm
c.1790
In this playful scene, a proctor--garnering a powdered wig and academic dress--is reading a public proclamation regarding a 'general fast.' Unbeknownst to him, a mischievous student is pinning a satirical note on his back. The note mocks the proctor's authority, reading, "From all Pride, Vanity, Glory and Hypocrisy, Good Lord Deliver us." Meanwhile, two other students, dressed in academic gowns and mortarboards, stand to the left, laughing and gesturing at the proctor, clearly enjoying the other student's prank.
This caricatural scene dates from the late 18th century, a period when William Bunbury, alongside James Gillray, Thomas Rowlandson, and Isaac Cruikshank...
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1790s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
SEATED WOMAN BLUE JEANS Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, Long Hair, Bare Feet
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...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bell Inn, Waltham St Lawrence
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Bell Inn, Waltham St Lawrence" is a chromolithograph by noted British artist Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, 1870-1935. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist. With the blindstamp of the Fine Art Trade Gulid, published and printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode ltd, London. The image size is 15 x 13 inches, sheet size is 17.5 x 14.25 inches. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin RBA (28 April 1870 - 6 January 1935) was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life.
Born in Slough, he was educated at Eastbourne College and Solihull Grammar School. He studied anatomy at South Kensington and animal painting under William Frank Calderon. He lived at The Abbots, Sulhamstead Abbots from 1913 to 1914 and was church warden of St Mary's church.
Early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech. His drawings first made their way into print in The Building News of 12 September 1890, and began to appear throughout many popular journals and magazines; his work was published in The Graphic in 1891.
His illustrations include two of the original 1894 magazine publications of stories from Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book, the 1910 edition of Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers and The Bunch Book (1932, about Bunch, a Sealyham Terrier) by James Douglas. He also published a short series of fully illustrated books in 1923, Old Manor Houses and Old Inns.
His village scenes and rural buildings were executed in chalk, pencil and wash sketching was used for country scenes. Aldin was an enthusiastic sportsman and a Master of Fox Hounds and many of his pictures illustrated hunting.
An early work on a tiger in a zoo was studied from life, but found to be a copyright of the ideas in a photograph by Gambier Bolton.
A popular book by Aldin was Sleeping Partners, a sequence of pastel drawings of his dogs on a couch. It included his Irish Wolfhound Micky and his favorite model, Cracker, a Bull Terrier with a dark patch over one eye.
He also did some work for Cadburys advertising.
Born 28 April 1870. He was educated at Eastbourne College then Solihull Grammar School. Cecil Aldin's father was a keen amateur artist so Cecil started drawing at a very young age. He studied art at the studio of Albert Moore and then the National Art Training School which later became The Royal College of Art. After this he spent a summer with the fine animal painter and teacher, Frank Calderon.
In 1892 he bombarded the illustrated periodicals with his illustrations and thereby started a long association with The Illustrated London News. He was commissioned by The Pall Mall Budget in 1894 to illustrate "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. At the invitation of the fine genre painter, Walter Dendy Sadler...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
George Inn, Norton St. Philip
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "George Inn, Norton St. Philipr" is a chromolithograph by noted British artist Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, 1870-1935. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist. With the blindstamp of the Fine Art Trade Gulid, published and printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode ltd, London. The image size is 12.75 x 15 inches, sheet size is 15 x 16.25 inches. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin RBA (28 April 1870 - 6 January 1935) was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life.
Born in Slough, he was educated at Eastbourne College and Solihull Grammar School. He studied anatomy at South Kensington and animal painting under William Frank Calderon. He lived at The Abbots, Sulhamstead Abbots from 1913 to 1914 and was church warden of St Mary's church.
Early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech. His drawings first made their way into print in The Building News of 12 September 1890, and began to appear throughout many popular journals and magazines; his work was published in The Graphic in 1891.
His illustrations include two of the original 1894 magazine publications of stories from Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book, the 1910 edition of Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers and The Bunch Book (1932, about Bunch, a Sealyham Terrier) by James Douglas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lucky Lady
By Charles Bell
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lucky Lady is a pigment print on paper by the renowned photorealist Charles Bell. The image is 27 x 46" and the framed dimensions are 32.5 x 50.75. Framed in a contemporary, black mo...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Digital Pigment
The Danube river Near Vienna, Austria
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Danube River Near Vienna, Austria" 1920 is a color etching on watermarked Kasimir Vienna paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Mallorca Kuste, Spain
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Mallorca Kuste, Spain" c.1960 is a color etching on Wove paper by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. Published/printed by Graphics International, Austria. The plate mark (image) size is 9.5 x 15.25 inches, sheet size is 16.75 x 21 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
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
Materials
Etching
Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria" c.1930 is a color etching on watermarked B.F.K Rives paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's estate at the lower center. Published by Graphic International, printed by the artist's son Robert Kasimir The plate mark (image) size is 9.25 x 9.15 inches, the sheet size is 16.85 x 14.25 inches. With full margin. it is in excellent condition, colors are fresh and bright, has never been framed.
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
Materials
Etching
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph, Serious Young Woman, Pink V-Neck
Located in Union City, NJ
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Heiligenblut, Austria
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Heiligenblut, Austria" c.1950 is a color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed by the artiste's estate in pencil at the lower center. The plate mark (image) size is 7.75 x 5.75 inches, framed is 17.85 x 15.15 inches. It is framed in a wooden antique silver frame. It is in very good 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
Materials
Etching
RIOT POLICE Hand Pulled Lithograph, Black White Drawing, Law Enforcement, Police
Located in Union City, NJ
RIOT POLICE - artist unknown
Print Size - 23" x 30", full bleed image, no margins, unframed, unsigned proof, excellent condition
Year - c. 1973
RIOT POLICE is an original hand draw...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Napoli" Serigraph 29" x 45.5" Edition 46/150 by Thomas Pradzynski
Located in Culver City, CA
"Napoli" Serigraph 29" x 45.5" Edition 46/150 by Thomas Pradzynski
Serigraph on paper
Provenance: Private collection
Comes in a frame (as shown on ...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
New York City Skyline Modern Print Chrysler State Building Framed Unique Etching
By Katherine Gallagher
Located in Buffalo, NY
Limited edition aquatint etching of the New York City skyline by Katherine E. Gallagher. This piece features the famous Chrysler Building prominently in the background along with a M...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Two Oxen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Oxen" 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 is 11.15 x 9....
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
A Bientot Pour de Bon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)
Title: A Bientot Pour de Bon
Year: 1916
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 99/100 in pencil
Pa...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Repos du Soldat
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)
Title: Le Repos du Soldat
Year: c.1915
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 68/100 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Image size: 1...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Serrer la Main (The Hand Check)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)
Title: Serrer la Main (The Hand Check)
Year: 1916
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 27/100 in...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HOLD THE LINE Kansas City Chiefs, Signed Stone Lithograph, NFL Football History
Located in Union City, NJ
HOLD THE LINE is an original limited edition lithograph by the American artist, Merv Corning printed from hand drawn lithographic stones using traditional...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A View from Brazen Nose (Brasenose), Oxford (1808), engraving by Richard Dighton
Located in London, GB
Richard Dighton (1795-1880)
A View from Brazen Nose College (1808)
Hand coloured engraving
28 x 22 cm
Richard Dighton (1795–1880) was a prominent En...
Category
Early 1800s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Kufi poses
Located in Berlin, DE
Willibrord Haas (*1936 Schramberg), Kufi poses, 2012. Etching, 44 cm x 32 cm (plate size), 54 cm x 37.5 cm (sheet size). Signed “Willibrord Haas” in lead by the artist, dated “2012”,...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Portrait of Liz, Signed Lithograph, Seated Dark Hair Woman, Boho Tunic, Jeans
Located in Union City, NJ
Portrait of Liz is an original hand drawn lithograph by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Printed on archival Arches paper...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
See London Vintage Style, original vintage poster by M.A. Welch & Brian Harris
Located in London, GB
M.A. Welch & Brian Harris
See London Vintage Style
Original vintage poster
Lithograph
76 x 52 cm
c.1972
Vintage poster advertising the bus route 100, a unique opportunity for p...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
YOUNG WOMAN, STRIPED TEE SHIRT Signed Lithograph, Realist Portrait, Casual
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN, STRIPED TEE SHIRT is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
YOUNG WOMAN BRAIDED HAIR Signed Stone Lithograph Realist Female Portrait Drawing
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN BRAIDED HAIR is an original, hand drawn stone lithograph (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition print by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899-1987. Printed in NYC 1976 by master printer Joseph Kleineman from a hand drawn lithography stone using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid-free rag.
YOUNG WOMAN BRAIDED HAIR is a sensitive, realist female portrait drawing depicting a moody girl with dark braided hair wearing a notch neck blouse; her facial expression appearing serious and contemplative as she looks slightly downward. Fine impression - has the feel of a graphite drawing.
Print size - 18 x 14 inches, unframed, very good condition, hand signed in pencil by Raphael Soyer, from the master printers private collection.
Year published - 1977
Edition size - 150, plus proofs
Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co. NY
Raphael Soyer was a Russian-born painter. He was the twin to the artist Moses Soyer (1899-1974) and the older brother of the painter Isaac Soyer...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
The sisters and Caravaggio - Nude
By Peter Handel
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Giclee on heavy
Handmade cotton paper
Signed and inscribed with archive
In great condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Giclée
$379 Sale Price
28% Off
Dimanche en Bretagne
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Dimanche en Bretagne, etching, 1939, signed in pencil lower left and inscribed “ep d’artite” lower right. Reference: Laboureur 543, second state (of...
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1930s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
YOUNG WOMAN PINK BLOUSE Signed Lithograph, Portrait Drawing, Social Realism
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN PINK BLOUSE is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/Amer...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fang Fang -- The Artist's Daughter Portrait
By Zhang Biao
Located in Soquel, CA
Exceptional aquatint etching on paper by master print maker Zhang Biao. His daughter Fang Fang was published on a full page in the official catalog of the exhibition. This print rece...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Prints
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Aquatint, Archival Paper
Ballo di Sposi Ciociari - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1820
Located in Roma, IT
Ballo di sposi ciociari is a beautiful artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1820.
Etching and Watercolor tecnique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line and some l...
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1810s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, V-Neck Top, Realism
Located in Union City, NJ
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rising
Located in Berlin, DE
Willibrord Haas (*1936 Schramberg), Rising, 1980. Etching, 35 cm x 22 cm (plate size), 53.5 cm x 38 cm (sheet size). Signed “Willibrord Haas” in pencil by the artist, dated “1980”, t...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
German Aircraft, original vintage WW2 poster
Located in London, GB
German Aircraft
Original vintage poster
Lithograph
57 x 45 cm
This original vintage poster, published in 1941, depicts a series of German aircraft, including the fighter plane He...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Gazelle - Lithograph by A. Mastroianni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 150 prints in Arabic numbers plus 30 prints in roman numbers.
Excellent conditions.
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Bluestocking’s Husband
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-79), The Bluestocking’s Husband, plate 46 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, published in 1842 in Le Charivari, and in the Album Moeurs Conjugales in 1843; an im...
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1840s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SEATED SEAMSTRESS Signed Lithograph Young Woman, Dress Form, Rust, Lime Yellow
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED SEAMSTRESS is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Gazelle - Lithograph by A. Mastroianni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 150 prints in Arabic numbers plus 30 prints in roman numbers.
Excellent conditions.
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Customs of Trastevere (Rome) - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Hand-watercolored Etching, 1819,
Image Dim: cm 28 x 20, Dim: cm 29x41.
Etching and Watercolor technique. In Good condition. Signed and dated on plate lower margin "Pinelli dis. e ...
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1810s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Agony - The architecture of decay -
Located in Berlin, DE
Jörg Olberg (*1956 Dresden), Agony, 1987. etching, E.A. (edition of 30), 24 x 17 cm (image), 46 x 37 cm (sheet), each signed in pencil lower right "Olberg" and dated "IX [19]87", inscribed lower left "E.A. [Epreuve d'Artiste]".
- minimal crease and dust stains in the broad margin
- The architecture of decay -
About the artwork
Jörg Olberg draws here the sum of his artistic study of the Berlin ruins, which were still present in the cityscape well into the 80s. With his work "Agony" he creates an allegory of decay. Positioned in the landscape of ruins, a ruined house grows before the viewer, rising like the Tower of Babel into the sky, its roof and gable brightly illuminated by the sun. But already the roof shows mostly only the rafters, and as the gaze is drawn further down, the building visibly disintegrates, the beams protruding in all directions looking like splintered bones. Slowly but inexorably - in agony - the house will collapse in on itself and become nothing more than the burial mound of itself. At the same time, the small-scale stone composition and the plaster form a pattern-like ornamentation of decay.
The tension in the picture is fed by the counter-movement of growth and collapse, which is heightened by the dramatic formation of clouds. The swirls of clouds are reminiscent of a world landscape...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper
$265 Sale Price
20% Off
Costumi di Roma - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Costumi di Roma is a beautiful artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1819.
Etching and Watercolor tecnique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line and some little st...
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1810s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Sam Colburn Carmel Artist Portrait, Signed Limited Edition Realist Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed and realistic portrait lithograph of the modernist watercolor artist Sam Colburn (American, 1909-1993) by Jack Coughlin (American, b. 193...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Southern German summer landscape / - The profile of the landscape -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Thoma (1839 Bernau - 1924 Karlsruhe), Southern German summer landscape, around 1897. Algraph on strong wove paper, published by Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig as ‘Zeitgenössisc...
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1890s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
YOUNG WOMAN, STRIPED TEE SHIRT Signed Lithograph, Realist Portrait, Rust, Peach
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN, STRIPED TEE SHIRT is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism ...
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Costume of Felettino - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Hand-watercolored Etching, 1819,
Image Dim: cm 28 x 20, Dim: cm 29x40.
Etching and Watercolor tecnique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line, left. Signed and dated ...
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1810s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Reproachful
Located in Berlin, DE
Willibrord Haas (*1936 Schramberg), Reproachful, 2010. etching, 33.5 cm x 20 cm (plate size), 54 cm x 37.5 cm (sheet size). Signed “Willibrord Haas” in lead by the artist, dated “201...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Theodoor Galle Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving Jesus Carries his Cross
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and search for 'Collaert' - or message us as they may not all have been uploaded yet.
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17th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Kerr Eby Shepherd and His Flock
By Kerr Eby
Located in San Francisco, CA
Kerr Eby: 1889-1946. Very well listed Canadian American artist. He is best known as a printmaker for his fabulous etchings. He has auction results over $6300 for a single print. This...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Vintage New York Stock Exchange Print by William Anderson Sherwood
Located in New York, NY
William Anderson Sherwood (American, 1875-1951)
New York Stock Exchange, Early 20th century
Etching and aquatint
Sight: 16 1/4 x 13 in.
Frame...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Roma Costumi Trasteverini - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Roma Costumi trasteverini is a beautiful artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1819.
Etching and Watercolor technique. In Good condition, worn paper on the marginal line and som...
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1810s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Goatherd in Tivoli - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1819
Located in Roma, IT
Il Capraro di Tivoli is a precious hand-colored etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli. The inscriptions appear at the bottom, inside the matrix, and just below the image. On the left, “Pinel...
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1810s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Blessed are the spiritually poor / - The Abundance of Poverty -
Located in Berlin, DE
Rudolf Nehmer (1912 Bobersberg - 1983 Dresden), Blessed are the spiritually poor, 1948. Woodcut on yellowish wove paper, 20 cm x 15 cm (image), 45 cm x 30 cm (sheet size), signed “Ru...
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1940s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
NURSING MOTHER, Signed Lithograph, Motherhood, Social Realism, Breastfeeding Art
Located in Union City, NJ
Raphael Soyer NURSING MOTHER, BLUE SKIRT is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael ...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Adrian Collaert 17th Century Engraving Wedding at Cana Martin de Vos
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below i...
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17th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Queen Ann's Lace" (2000) By Kate Breakey, Archival Pigment Print
By Kate Breakey
Located in Denver, CO
"Queen Anne's Lace" (2000) by Kate Breakey is a limited-edition archival pigment print that is hand colored using pencil and pastel that depicts a vase of wilted plants.
About the a...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment
Greed / - The Poverty of Wealth -
Located in Berlin, DE
Rudolf Nehmer (1912 Bobersberg - 1983 Dresden), The birds under the sky, 1948. Woodcut on yellowish wove paper, 11 cm x 18 cm (depiction), 43 cm x 30 cm (sheet size), signed “Rud.[ol...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Below Stairs - 1930s British etching by Edmund Blampied
Located in London, GB
EDMUND BLAMPIED
(1886-1966)
Below Stairs
Signed in pencil and numbered 57/100, signed and dated in the plate: Jan 1931
Drypoint
Unframed
Plate size 26 by 19.5 cm.; 10 ¼ by 7 ¾ in....
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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