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Art Subject: Coat
Son of man ( Barley yellow)
Located in Norwich, GB
Martin Whatson (b. 1984) is a Norwegian born and based stencil artist. While studying Art and Graphic design at Westerdals School of Communication, Oslo, he discovered stencils and t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Vintage SIGNED Kitaj Poster, La Fabbrica, Milan (A Life 1975) woman in red dress
Located in New York, NY
Printed in 1975, this poster features the encounter between an alluring woman dressed in red, and a man with his back to the viewer. The light of a streetlamp is beautifully imitated...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Major General The Hon. Reginald Talbot , Vanity Fair caricature portrait, 1897
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Aldershot Cavalry' Vanity Fair portrait of Major General The Hon. Reginald Talbot CB. (1841-1929). He was Governor of Victoria, Australia, from 25 April 1904 to 6 July 1908, taking...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Lt General Higginson, Vanity Fair military caricature portrait, 1884
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'A Good Soldier' Chromolithograph. 1884. Vanity Fair portrait of Lt.General George Wentworth Alexander Higginson. He joined the Grenadier Guards at 19 and fought in the Crimean W...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Badminton', Alfred Watson, Vanity Fair caricature portrait, 1897
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Badminton' Chromolithograph. 1897. Vanity Fair portrait of Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1849-1922) who was a Music and Drama Critic. He wrote for the Saturday Review and occasion...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Top Hat and Tails 1976 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Norman Rockwell Title: Top Hat And Tails Year created: 1976 Signed by the artist Medium: 14-Color Lithograph on papier d'Arches Edition:9/200 Height (inches): 34 Width (inches): 28 unframed Born in New York City in 1894, Norman Rockwell always wanted to be an artist. At age 14, Rockwell enrolled in art classes at The New York School of Art (formerly The Chase School of Art). Two years later, in 1910, he left high school to study art at The National Academy of Design. A 14-Color Lithograph on papier d'Arches, hand proof and printed at Atelier Ettinger. Signed in pencil and numbered by Norman Rockwell in February 1976.
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1970s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Louis Pasteur, Vanity Fair scientist caricature chromolithograph print, 1887
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Hydrophobia' Vanity Fair medical portrait of Louis Pasteur. Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable b...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Now You Cookin' with Gas, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in colors and sepia-tones on Langdell fait à la main paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Bookmarks i...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Theft
Located in Norwich, GB
"THEFT" DOT DOT DOT 6 layer screen print 350gsm Arches 88 Edition of 150 65 x 95 cm Signed and numbered by the artist DOT DOT DOT is a visual artist fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

ARIADNE 1980 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Will Barnet Ariadne - 1980 Print - Silkscreen on Heavy Paper 31 ¼'' x 23 ½' inches Edition: Signed, Titled, and Marked  in Roman numeral XXX ( from the edition to 50 - L) unframed ex...
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1980s Figurative Prints

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Screen

Costume Life Drawing 1972 Signed Limited Edition
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Sir Peter Thomas Blake Title: Costume Life Drawing Year: 1972 Print - Lithograph Heavy Paper   Size:  30'' x 22 5/8'' Edition: Signed and Numbered 116/125 Kelpra stamp on v...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Freedom From Fear original 1943 Four Freedoms vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original World War II "Freedom from Fear" Ours ... To fight for by Rockwell. One of the 4 freedom posters created in 1943 by Norman Rockwell. Fre...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Prints

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Offset

Heaven of Jupiter - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Heaven of Jupiter is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.20 (as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Chiton - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Chiton is an original etching realized by Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Etching on paper. The plate belongs the Third Edition of "Los Caprichos" that has...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Original YMCA United War Work Campaign vintage World War 1 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1918 YMCA, One of the Thousands of YMCA Girls in France. United War Work Campaign vintage poster. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Some touch up in the lower b...
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1910s American Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Twins : Men in a Mirror - Print : Grreeting Card for Galerie Chave 1977
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Michel FOLON Twins : Men in a Mirror, 1977 Greeting card (Heliogravure) Unsigned Limited edition of 200 unumbered proofs On Arches vellum 27 x 18 cm (c. 11 x 7 inch) INFORMATI...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Offset

Cyril Maude, actor, Vanity Fair caricature portrait, 1897
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Squirrel' Chromolithograph. 1897. Vignette of a theatre top right corner of the image. Vanity Fair portrait of Cyril Francis Maude (1862-1951), actor and theatre manager. 385mm...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Degas, Deux hommes en pied, Les Réalistes Lyriques (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper Year: 1973 Paper Size: 26 x 20 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Les Réalistes Lyriques, VIII, ...
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Adjustable Spanner Wrench from Ten Winter Tools
Located in New York, NY
Classic Jim Dine tool iconography from Ten Winter Tools, 1973, this black and white lithograph pictures an adjustable spanner wrench sketched in outline...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Murmure - Garbage Tail - Main Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art Prints
By Murmure
Located in Asheville, NC
Murmure - Grabage Tail - Main Edition - Contemporary Urban Street Art Prints As whale watching is becoming more and more popular in the Caribbean, this wo...
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2010s Street Art Animal Prints

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Color, Digital, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Carbon Pigment, Screen

Fedora Fur, 1990
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fedora Fur is an expertly crafted, embossed serigraph on paper with foil stamping and an image size of 34 x 26 inches. From the edition of 650, the art is numbered 98/300 and estate-stamped 'Erté' lower right (there were also 300 Roman, and 50 AP). Framed in an elegant, gold-tone moulding. This image was inspired by a design that Erté created for Ganna Walska...
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20th Century Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, composer, Vanity Fair caricature portrait, 1904
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'R.A.M' Chromolithograph. 1904. Vanity Fair musician portrait of Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847 - 1935) who was a Scottish composer, conductor and teacher best known for h...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Barefoot In The Park - Original 1967 Lobby Card #1
Located in London, GB
Barefoot In The Park - Original 1967 Lobby Card #1 Vintage 1967 Lobby Card: Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship desc...
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1960s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Cardboard

The Duke of Devonshire, Vanity Fair portrait chromolithograph, 1874
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Position' Chromolithograph, 1874, after Ape (Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889) Vanity Fair portrait of the Duke of Devonshire. 380mm by 260mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Faust, Méphistophélès et le Barbet / Faust, Méphistophélès and the Water Spaniel
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph on Chine appliqué, 9 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (235 x 206 mm), full margins. First state (of 4). Extremely minor uniform age tone, otherwise in good condition. A superb, richly-inked impression. [Delteil 61.1] ______ At an early age Delacroix became a lover of music and literature and had been drawing from the time he entered school.  He expected painting would be a hobby, but on the death of his father he found he had to make his own way in life.  In 1817 he entered the studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guerin; amongst his fellow pupils was Gericault.  His first exhibited work was Dante and Virgil...
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Early 19th Century Barbizon School Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Handmade Paper

Finis le Paradis, Surrealist Etching by Jan Peter Tripp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Finis le Paradis Jan Peter Tripp German (1945) Date: 1994 Etching, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil Edition of 6/66 Image Size: 39 x 20 inches ...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Whitelaw Reid, New York Tribune, Vanity Fair American caricature portrait, 1897
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'New York Tribune' Chromolithograph. 1902. Vanity Fair portrait of Whitelaw Reid who was a US politician and newspaper editor. 395mm by 265mm (sheet)
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rick, from: Men in the Cities - Lithograph - American Pop Art
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Robert Longo” at the lower right corner. It is also dated “94” [1994] next to the signature. It is hand numbered in ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'The Lord Mayor' (Sir Joseph Dimsdale), Vanity Fair caricature portrait, 1902
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Lord Mayor' Chromolithograph. 1902. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale (1849-1912), Lord Mayor of London 1901-1902. With original descriptive text. 395mm...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Vanity Fair zoologist taxidermy caricature portrait
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'His religion is the worship of all sorts of winged and finny freaks' Chromolithograph, 1905. Vanity Fair portrait of of Sir Edwin Ray Lankester. KCB, FRS (1847 -1929) was an inve...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Michael Bass, Vanity Fair beer brewing portrait chromolithograph, 1871
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Beer' Chromolithograph, 1871, after Ape (Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889) Vanity Fair portrait of Michael Thomas Bass (1799 -1884) was a British brewer and MP. Under his leadership, Ba...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Charles John Darling, lawyer, Vanity Fair caricature portrait, 1897
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Little Darling' Chromolithograph. 1897. Vanity Fair musician portrait of Charles John Darling (1849-1936), lawyer, politician and High Court judge. 395mm by 265mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sir August Friedrich Manns, composer, Vanity Fair caricature portrait, 1895
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crystal Palace' Chromolithograph. 1895. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir August Friedrich Manns (1825-1907) who was a German-born conductor who made his career in England. After servi...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Malibrand' Italian 1960s Women's Fashion Design Illustration
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original 1960s fashion design from a Northern Italian fashion house. Sketched and coloured by hand with a pencil sketch of the reverse. The name and description of the outfit is type...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Untitled (2005), Lithograph by Yoshitomo Nara and Hiroshi Sugito Edition of 100
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yoshitomo Nara and Hiroshi Sugito Untitled (2005), Edition 26/100. Lithograph in colours on wove paper. Image: 29.6 x 22.8 cm. Sheet: 42.7 x 33 cm. Framed: 47.6 x 37.7 x 2.4 cm. Hand...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

French Mid-Century Winter 1949 Fashion Design Skiing Skiers Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French skiing fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme', a Parisien fashion periodical. Jean Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several series of designs, probab...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'The Protestants Champion!!' (... Duke of Sussex, Son of King George III)
Located in Middletown, NY
This portrait of King George the III's son was published in the same year that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiered in London. 'The Protestants Champion!!' (Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex...
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Early 19th Century English School Portrait Prints

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Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Engraving, Etching

de La Fresnaye, Gardeuse de moutons, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper Year: 1968 Paper Size: 26 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Roger de la Fresnay...
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1960s Cubist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

PKZ Man with Top Hat
By Johann Arnold
Located in New York, NY
PKZ vintage Poster (man in top hat). 1927, Color lithograph. Lined on linen. PKZ has and still is an important department store in Zurich, Switzerland...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

French Mid-Century 1960s Mens Fashion Design Vintage Suit Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French men's fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme et Le Maitre Tailleur', a Parisien fashion periodical. Jean Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several seri...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

French Mid-Century 1952 Womens Fashion Design Vintage Coat Suit Halftone Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French women's fashion design from 'La Revue Paris Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical, illustrated by Bryn Smith. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Godfather - Original 1972 Lobby Card #3
Located in London, GB
The Godfather - Original 1972 Lobby Card #3 Vintage Godfather Lobby Card: The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluc...
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1970s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Cardboard

French Mid-Century 1952 Womens Fashion Design Vintage Coat Suit Halftone Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French women's fashion design from 'La Revue Paris Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical, illustrated by Bryn Smith. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

I'll Carry Mine Too! Original World War 2 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original I'LL CARRY MINE TOO! ORIGINAL VINTAGE WWII POSTER. Artist: Valentino Sarra. Size: 22" x 28". Year: 1943. Original U. S. Government World War II vintage poster. Professional archival linen backing; ready to frame. Original WWII fold marks restored during linen backing. (All WWII U. S. Government posters were folded - this is not a defect.) During World War ll conservation was a major part of the war effort. In this image we see the lady carrying her own groceries home and thereby saving wear and tear on trucks and tires as well as aiding the troops. Each citizen was encouraged to do their part in helping in the allied war effort. This is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. A fun World War 2...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Prints

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Offset

The Plumed - Lithograph by Erté - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The plumed is a modern artwork realized in 1970s by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed on the lower margin. Provenance : - Collection Serge Leeman.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - Original 2005 Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - Original 2005 Lobby Card Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an...
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Early 2000s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Cardboard

Happy Birthday Elvis! - Jailhouse Pop (framed hand finished screen print)
Located in Aventura, FL
One color screen print hand finished with acrylic paint. Hand signed and numbered on front, thumb print on verso Mr. Brainwash. Edition 30 of 50. Artwork size 24 x 22 inches. Fr...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Prints

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Screen, Paper

French Mid-Century 1952 Womens Fashion Design Vintage Coat Suit Halftone Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French women's fashion design from 'La Revue Paris Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical, illustrated by Bryn Smith. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

French Mid-Century 1962 Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme', a Parisien fashion periodical. Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Impromptu', Mark Hambourg, Vanity Fair musician caricature portrait, 1908
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Impromptu' Chromolithograph. 1908. Vanity Fair portrait of Mark Hambourg (1879-1960) who was a distinguished Russian-British concert pianist, among the most famous of his age. ...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"All About Eve" - 50th Anniversary original movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “All About Eve” Happy 50th Anniversary vintage movie poster. Archivally linen backed in excellent condition, ready to frame. All About Eve, the classic 1950 Joseph L. Ma...
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Early 2000s American Modern Portrait Prints

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Offset

'Lisa' Italian 1960s Women's Fashion Design Illustration
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original 1960s fashion design from a Northern Italian fashion house. Sketched and coloured by hand with a pencil sketch of the reverse. The name and description of the outfit is type...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

French Mid-Century 1959/1960 Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme', a Parisien fashion periodical. Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

French Mid-Century 1962 Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme', a Parisien fashion periodical. Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

European Mid-Century 1959 Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
European fashion design from the 'Atelier Sogra', published in Vienna. 325mm by 220mm (sheet)
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

BON SOIR Signed Lithograph, 1920's Fashion Illustration, Art Deco Portrait
Located in Union City, NJ
BON SOIR is an original hand pulled color lithograph by the Russian-born French artist Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) known by the pseudonym Erté. Erté, who is...
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1970s Art Deco Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

French Mid-Century 1958 Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme', a Parisien fashion periodical. Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Group of 19th & 20th century hand colored fashion plates.
Located in Middletown, NY
19th century European Group of 13 hand-colored English and Continental fashion plates and costume designs. Each an etching with hand coloring in watercolor. Various sizes and condit...
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19th Century English School Still-life Prints

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Etching

To Days of Childhood from the Rilke Portfolio, Lithograph by Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, Lithuanian/American (1898 - 1969) Title: To Days of Childhood from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Richard de Bas, signed in the plate Edition...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Sisters" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50 prints is a gold signet intaglio printed on the cream paper each of which Klimt designed for the publication as unique and relating to its corresponding image; H.O. Miethke, Editor-Publisher; k.k. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Printer; printed in a limited edition of 300 numbered plus several presentation copies; Vienna, 1908-1914. The idea of collaboration in the arts is anything but new; however it has so often been viewed and assessed as somehow devaluing the intrinsic worth of art. It’s as if it was a dirty secret to be hidden away. More so even than the eroticism explored by Klimt, which divided public opinion, the artistic avant-garde began to boldly flaunt artistic collaboration beginning in the 19th century- which gained steam in the first part of the 20th century- to become a driving vehicle of contemporary artistic creation. Viewed in this context, the folios of collotype prints published by H.O. Miethke in Vienna between 1908-1914 known as Das Werk Gustav Klimts, are important art documents worthy of as much consideration for their bold stand they take on established ways of thinking about artistic collaboration as they are for their breathtakingly striking images. 1908 is indeed a watershed moment in the history of art. To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I, Kunstschau opened in Vienna in May of that year. It was there that Klimt delivered the inaugural speech. Speaking about the avant-garde group’s unifying philosophy of Gesamtkunstwerk, or the synthesis of the arts, Klimt shared his belief that the ideal means to bring artists and an audience together was via “work on major art projects.” It was at Kunstschau 1908 that Klimt first exhibited his most iconic painting, The Kiss, as well as The Sunflower, Water Snakes I and II and Danae. It was at Kunstschau 1908 that Das Werk Gustav Klimts was first available for purchase. Thanks to Galerie Miethke’s organization, Kunstschau 1908 was possible. Miethke’s pioneering art house had become Klimt’s exclusive art dealer and main promoter of his modernist vision. Paul Bacher and Carl Moll, a founding member with Klimt of the Vienna Secession, who all broke away during the rift in 1905, took stewardship of the gallery following the fallout with the Secession. Das Werk Gustav Klimts is a prime example of Miethke’s masterful and revolutionary approach to marketing art. Miethke’s innovative marketing strategy played to a penchant for exclusivity. The art gallery and publishing house utilized the press and art critics- such as Austria’s preeminent Art Historian, Hugo Haberfield, who became Director of the gallery in 1912- as a means of gaining publicity as well as maintaining effective public relations. Miethke used the grand exposition format to extend the art gallery’s market reach, cultivating their product’s prestige by stroking the egos of current art patrons while simultaneously creating accessibility for newcomers and others avid collectors to share a relative proximity to other wealthy and respected members of the art collecting community. Essentially, their approach paved the way for what is still the predominant means of marketing. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published a total of 5 installments of print folios of Klimt’s painted work, each comprising 10 prints. The series was limited in availability to 300 and purchase was arranged through subscription. Each issue was presented unbound in a gold embossed black paper folder. Included in the folio was a Title Page, a Justification page and a Table of Contents page itemizing each of the 10 printed works with details about their corresponding painted works as well as information about each work’s current owner. These folios were not comprehensive of Klimt’s work; but rather, they feature what he believed were his most important paintings from 1898-1913. Only 2 collotypes in each folio were multicolored. To punctuate the fact that Klimt, himself, was very much an active player in creating these printed works, he created square-shaped signets, unique to each collotype which were intaglio printed in gold ink at the bottom of the cream wove papers to which the chine collie papers were affixed.These signets relate thematically to their corresponding printed images and designate each of those images by their placement in the folio’s Table...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

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