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Art Subject: Face
Picasso, étude pour la céramique, Céramiques de Picasso (Orozco 105) (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype and lithograph on vélin gloss finish paper (to resemble the finish of ceramic), archivally hinged on vélin paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 15 x 11.25 inches
Catalogue ...
Category
1940s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
L'Enfer XIX (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches
Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
Category
1940s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Apollo, plate 11 from the series of The Gods in Niches
Located in Middletown, NY
by Jacopo Caraglio (after Rosso Fiorentino)
Rome: Carlo Losi, 1526. Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches, 215 x 110 mm), thread margins. In very good condition with a...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Baladin, 1983, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned and numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Baladin, 1983
Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée et numérotée 27/100
Signée en bas à droite
20 x 15 cm / 36 x 27 cm
Bibliographie:
Catalogue raisonné...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Olympia - Poster - Vintage Poster by Francesco Clemente - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Olympia - Poster is a vintage poster realized by the italian artist Francesco Clemente (Naples, 1952) in occasion of the XIV Winter Olympics games in Sarajevo, in 1984.
Very good co...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Shunga - Woodcut attr. Keisai Eisen - Mid-19th Century
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut shunga print attributed to Keisai Eisen and realized in the early 19th century.
Good condition except for some signs of time.
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"La Protesta" - 1943 Linocut on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"La Protesta" - 1943 Linocut on Paper
"La Protesta" (from the portfolio "25 Prints of Leopoldo Méndez") shows the struggle of the working class in Mexico during the 1930s and 1940s....
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Linocut
Tauromachie
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In 1982, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Céret, France, hosted the exhibition "Picasso et la Tauromachie" (Picasso and Bullfighting), celebrating Pablo Picasso's profound connection to bu...
Category
Late 20th Century Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (self portrait) By Billy Childish
Located in London, GB
Untitled (self portrait)
By Billy Childish
Billy Childish is a British artist, musician, and writer known for his raw, energetic, and often provocative approach to art and culture...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital
Picasso, Mother and Child (Orozco 95), Picasso (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper
Year: 1946
Paper Size: 18.75 x 12.625 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Catalogue raisonné reference: Or...
Category
1940s Cubist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Beggar man and woman coming from behind a bank – after Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper laid down to a wove paper support, 4 x 2 5/8 inches (101 x 67 mm) (sheet). In good condition with scattered light areas of discoloration. Printed early 19...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Lydia Lunch at the Russian Baths, 268 East 10th Street, 1985 offset litho poster
By Nan Goldin
Located in New York, NY
Nan Goldin
Lydia Lunch at the Russian Baths, 268 East 10th Street, 1985 poster, 2018
Offset lithograph poster (unsigned, unnumbered and unframed)
17 × 22 inches
Published by The Kitchen in 2018, on the occasion of their Gala honoring Nan Goldin and Lydia Lunch
Provenance
Acquired from The Kitchen on the occasion of their 2018 Gala
Also accompanied by Certificate of Guarantee from Alpha 137 Gallery
Excerpt from The Kitchen description of this event:
“During the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, icons Goldin and Lunch were vanguards of post-punk New York. Both women have presented their work at The Kitchen throughout the years, consistently returning to premiere new works that went on to exemplify their careers. Goldin’s portraiture of her close-knit circle of friends in New York became emblematic of her generation’s grappling with the social issues of the time, from the epidemic of drug addiction to the AIDS crisis. Lunch is revered as a radical progenitor of No Wave music, fronting the influential Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and collaborating with acts like JG Thirlwell, Birthday Party, and Sonic Youth. Lunch has a broad artistic practice, also working in film, visual art, writing, and spoken-word. Goldin and Lunch have also collaborated on numerous occasions. For instance, the cover of Lunch’s 1995 album Drowning In Limbo featured a portrait of her taken by Goldin. Lunch also posed for Goldin’s project for The Village Voice’s short-lived fashion insert Vue in 1985. Shot as part of an editorial called “Masculine/Feminine,” the image of a reclining Lunch at Russian baths in the East Village was ultimately not included in the final layout, and we were pleased to be present the image for the first time as a limited-edition print in support of The Kitchen.
At The Kitchen in November 1980, Goldin presented slides as part of Dubbed in Glamour, a three-day event of “spectacle and extravagance” organized by Edit deAk that featured primarily women artists. Introduced by Cookie Mueller, who served as the master of ceremonies, these slides were an early version of Goldin’s landmark work The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, which continued to take shape during the next few years. The Bush Tetras, who performed at this year’s gala, also participated in Dubbed in Glamour.
In 1994, Goldin returned to The Kitchen to premiere three slideshows for the first time in the United States as part of the winter lecture series curated by Ira Silverberg. The first slideshow developed from her 1992 award-winning book The Other Side, which lauded the drag queens she lived with and among in New York. During the ‘70s, when Goldin first moved to the city, the people she lived with became not just her subjects, but also her chosen family. The second slideshow was a series of intimate self-portraits. The evening concluded with a collection of Goldin’s images that traced her relationships to her close friends Alf Bold, Gilles Dusein, and Cookie Mueller and celebrated the joy of their lives and the pain of their deaths from AIDS.
In 1985, Lunch first appeared at The Kitchen as part of the two-night screening series of experimental short films, Super 8 Motel. She and Richard Kern...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
'Survivor' — Elizabeth Catlett, African American Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Elizabeth Catlett, 'Survivor', linocut, 1983, edition 1000. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '914/1000' in pencil. A fine impression, on...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 193-204), Au Baiser D'Avignon (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso au baiser d'Avignon, douze dessins, lavis, aquarelle...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
CHILDREN WITH FLOWERS Signed Lithograph, Multicultural Portrait, Smiling Faces
Located in Union City, NJ
Elizabeth Catlett - CHILDREN WITH FLOWERS 1995, limited edition lithograph printed in twelve colors using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Composition (Cramer 61), Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris, par Marc Chagall, 1965. Published ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ileana and Michael Sonnabend Collection: Princeton University Art Museum poster
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein
Eddie Diptych: Selections from the Ileana and Michael Sonnabend Collection, rare Princeton University Art Museum poster, 1985
Offset...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Portrait de Nadia - Lithograph after Fernand Léger - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized after Fernand Léger in 1959, on Moulin Richard de Bas paper.
Monogrammed in the plate.
It belongs to the suite "Contrastes", printed by Daniel Jacomet and publi...
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
For the Love of God (with diamond dust), Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Damien Hirst (1965)
Title: For the Love of God (with diamond dust)
Year: 2009
Medium: Silkscreen, glazes, and diamond dust on wove paper
Edition: 591/1000
Size: 12.75 x 9.5 i...
Category
Early 2000s New Media Figurative Prints
Materials
Glaze, Screen
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 207-261), Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso, Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires, 1969. Published by Éditions Cerc...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Andy Warhol FS II.146 (dual signed screen print)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on arches aquarelle (rough) paper. Hand signed lower right by Andy Warhol; hand signed lower left by Mick Jagger. Edition 35/250 (there were also 50 artist’s proofs)....
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
HAMBURGER KNIEPPE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KATHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945)
HAMBURGER KNIEPPE, 1901) (K.58 IIIb)
Soft Ground Etching, Plate 9 ¾ x 8 ¼ sheet 10 ½ x 13 ¾. With the von de Becke blind stamp in the lower right. Prin...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Interior Prints
Materials
Etching
Chagall, Tribe of Joseph, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Décora...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Midnight Truth, published by N's Yard, Japan, offset print, stamped, unnumbered
Located in New York, NY
Yoshitomo Nara
Midnight Truth, 2017
Offset lithographic poster
Stamped with title, artist's name, copyright and year
Unnumbered
20 1/2 × 14 1/4 inches
Unframed
published by N's Yard,...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Ostrich and the Woman ~ L'autruche et la femme 1980 Signed Limited Edition
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Philippe Noyer
Title: L'autruche et la femme ~ The ostrich and the woman
Year: 1980
Print: Lithograph 46'' x 31.5'' inches
Edition: Signed in pencil and numbered 9/325
Date:...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Homme dévoilant une Femme. (Man unveiling a woman).
Located in Storrs, CT
Homme dévoilant une Femme. (Man uncovering a woman). 1931. Drypoint. Bloch 138; Baer 203 B.d. Vollard Suite, plate 5. Printed by: Lacourie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Dancers, 1936 Woodcut by Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dancers
Georges Rouault, French (1871–1958)
Date: 1936
Woodcut, initialed in the stone
Size: 3 x 2 in. (7.62 x 5.08 cm)
Frame Size: 9.5 x 8.25 inches
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
LINKS TOGETHER Original Lithograph 1996 Commemorative Art Poster, Black Women
Located in Union City, NJ
LINKS TOGETHER is a very unique, and rarely seen original fine art lithograph poster printed in five colors using traditional hand lithography techniques (not a photo reproduction or...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Book, Silkscreen, S/N from the 1776-1976: USA Bicentennial Prints portfolio
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
Will Barnet
The Book, from the 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints portfolio, 1975
Silkscreen in colors on white Arches wove paper
Pencil signed, titled and numbered 65/75 on the fron...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Bellos Consejos (Wonderful Advice)
Located in Chicago, IL
An impression from the 1st edition published in 1799, the only edition published during Goya's lifetime.
References: Los Caprichos Plate 15; Delteil 52; Harris 50 III.1
Prado ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Alpiniste (2013-2024)
By Peter Doig
Located in Bristol, GB
Ditone print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g/m2
Edition of 100
60 x 43 cm (23.6 x 16.9 in)
Signed and numbered on the front
Mint. Sold with accompanying book
Images of edition numberi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Inkjet
La Duchesse de Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt
Located in Storrs, CT
Paul César Helleu. La Duchesse de Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt. c. 1901. Drypoint. 21 1/2 x 13 3/4 (sheet 24 x 15). A rich impression printed o...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 207-261), Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso, Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires, 1969. Published by Éditions Cerc...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Barbara Urslerin - The Hairy Faced Woman
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Barbara Urslerin, The Hairy Faced Woman, born in Germany in 1629 and exhibited as circus attraction. Suffered from Hypertrichosis (Ambras Syndrome).
Barbara Urslerin presents one o...
Category
19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Rodin, Composition, La Varende, Rodin (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Varende, Rodin, 1944. Published by Éditions ...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Composition (Duthuit 31), Apollinaire, Henri Matisse
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin a la forme des papeteries d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Apollinaire, Henri Matisse, 1952. Published b...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Composition (Cramer 61), Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris, par Marc Chagall, 1965. Published ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Andy Warhol Interview Magazine cover (hand signed by John Travolta) Framed
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol
Interview Magazine (hand signed by John Travolta), 1985
Offset lithograph (hand signed by John Travolta)
Signed in brown marker by John Travolta, the subject
Frame includ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
BACKYARD Signed Lithograph, Black Couple, African American Heritage, Quilts
Located in Union City, NJ
BACKYARD by the artist James Denmark is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free using traditional hand lithography techniques. BACKYARD is one of Denmark's colorful collage compositions of everyday African American life - a soulful Southern country folk scene featuring a standing woman wearing a red orange skirt, multicolored floral print top, and dark indigo print head wrap; her male companion dressed in blue denim jeans, dark indigo print shirt and denim hat sitting in the backyard as the patchwork quilts flutter on the clothesline. Vivid coloration and textures captivate the eye with variety - deep violet, reds, fiery orange, touches of yellow, dark black and shades of blue - a very strong impression and fine example of hand lithography!
Print size - 38 x 23 inches, unframed, mint condition, pencil signed and numbered by James Denmark
Edition size - 250, plus proofs
Year published - 1996
Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co., NJ
Publisher - Mojo...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Petit Prince et Le Serpent - Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the watercolor illustrations by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry from his beloved masterpiece "The Little Prince".
This lithograph was printed and published in 2009 ...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet - Lithograph (Mourlot 1938)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet 1938
Lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Engraved by Sorlier under Marc Chagall supervision
Other lithograph...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Apuleius, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apuleio' (Apuleius)
Copper-line engraving by N Billy after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni...
Category
Mid-18th Century Renaissance Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shunga - Woodcut attr. Keisai Eisen - Mid-19th Century
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut shunga print attributed to Keisai Eisen and realized in the early 19th century.
Good condition except for some signs of time.
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Chagall, Meeting of Ruth and Boaz (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25) (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible, Verv...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Geisha Skateboard Triptych(suite of three silkscreen skateboards numbered 55/150
Located in New York, NY
Nobuyoshi Araki
Geisha Skateboard Triptych, ca. 2014
Set of (3) Skateboards of Silkscreen on 7 ply Canadian Maplewood Deck
Signed in plate, Each signed on the deck and hand numbered ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Wood, Maple, Screen
Artem (5071)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is printed on Hahnemuhle archival paper. Hahnemühle FineArt, Inc. is a paper manufacturing company in the Relliehausen district of Dassel, Germany. It is a significa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Prints
Materials
Digital, Photographic Paper
Tête de Femme (Duthuit 21), Le Poème pulvérisé, Henri Matisse
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on vélin pur fil Johannot a la forme paper. Inscription: signed in pencil and unnumbered, as issued, from the edition of 50. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Le Poème p...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
'Sarah-American Dance Festival' HAND SIGNED
By Alex Katz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The large silkscreen poster described was designed by Alex Katz for the American Dance Festival in 2011. A limited edition of 300 posters was produced, with 100 of them hand-signed i...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Four Figures and a Head, on Giant Phallus by Claes Oldenburg erotic nude scene
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of joy and come-hither coquettishness. T...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Alexander Calder Las Vegas card players lithograph (Calder prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Card Players Lithograph form Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; circa 1975.
11 x 15 inches.
Good to very good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
M like Miguel - Linocut by Miguel Berrocal - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
M like Miguel is an artwork realized by Miguel Berrocal (1933 – 2006) in 1975.
Linocut print.
Good condition.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
In the Beginning There Were Mistakes, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - In the Beginning There Were Mistakes, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 7...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Les Amies - Etching by Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint on japanese paper applied on cardboard.
One of 10 artist's proofs, numbered I/X, aside of the edition of 100.
Hand signed and numbered.
Very Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Picasso, Composition (Bloch 1276; Czwiklitzer 23), Toros y Toreros (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961. Published by aux Éditions Cercle d'...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Clown sur Fond Bleu
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Clown sur Fond Bleu" from the suite "Clowns" 1985, is an original color lithograph on Arches watermarked paper by renown French artist Bernard Buffet, 1928-1999...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Save Freedom of Worship original 1943 Four Freedoms vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Save Freedom of Worship (S) Artist: Normal Rockwell. Archival linen backed. Original fold marks touched up at the time of b...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
The House of Shango — African American artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/4 to 3 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 24 x 18 inches (610 x 457 mm); sheet size 30 inches x 22 1/4 inches (762 x 565 mm). Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
ABOUT THIS WORK
“The title of this piece is an unmistakable harkening to African roots. Shango is a religious practice with origins in Yoruba (Nigerian) belief, deifying a god of thunder by the same name. Shango has been adopted in the Caribbean, most notably in Trinidad and Tobago, a fact that underscores the importance of transnationalism to Samella Lewis’s piece. Her work often grapples with issues of race in the U.S., and The House of Shango is no exception. Through a reliance on the gradual transformation of Shango—one that took place across continents and time—Lewis’s piece forms a powerful link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean counterparts. The figure depicted in the piece appears to emerge, quite literally, from the house of Shango. Given the roots and transformative process of the religion, The House of Shango can draw attention to the historical intersections to which black American culture is indebted.” —Laura Woods, Scripps College, Ruth Chander Williamson Gallery, Collection Highlights, 2018
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Samella Lewis’ lifelong career as an artist, art historian, critic, curator, collector, and advocate of African American art has helped empower generations of artists in the United States and worldwide, earning her the designation “the Godmother of African American art.”
Born and raised in Jim Crow era New Orleans, Lewis began her art education at Dillard University in 1941, transferring to Hampton University in Virginia, where she earned her B. A. and master's degrees. She completed her master's and a doctorate in art history and cultural anthropology at Ohio State University in 1951, becoming the first female African American to earn a doctorate in fine art and art history.
Lewis taught art at Morgan State University while completing her doctorate. She became the first Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Florida A&M University in 1953. That same year Lewis also became the first African American to convene the National Conference of African American artists held at Florida A&M University. She was a professor at the State University of New York, California State University, Long Beach, and at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Lewis co-founded, with Bernie Casey, the Contemporary Crafts Gallery in Los Angeles in 1970. In 1973, she served on the selection committee for the exhibition BLACKS: USA: 1973 held at the New York Cultural Center.
Samella Lewis's 1969 catalog 'Black Artists on Art', featured accomplished black artists typically overlooked in mainstream art galleries. She said of the book, "I wanted to make a chronology of African American artists, and artists of African descent, to document our history. The historians weren't doing it. It was really about the movement."
From the 1960s through the 1970s, her work, which included lithographs, linocuts, and serigraphs, reflected her concerns with the values of human dignity, democracy, and freedom of expression. Between 1969 and 70, Lewis and E.J. Montgomery were consultants for a groundbreaking exhibition at the Oakland Public L designed to create greater awareness of African American history and art.
Lewis was the founder of the International Review of African American Art in 1975. In 1976, she founded the Museum of African-American Art with a group of artistic, academic, business, and community leaders in Los Angeles, California. Lewis, the museum’s senior curator, organized exhibitions and developed new ways of educating the public about African American art. She celebrated African American art as an 'art of experience’ inspired by the artists’ lives. And she espoused the concept of African American art as an 'art of tradition', urging museums to explore the African roots of African American art. In 1984, Lewis produced an extensive monograph on Elizabeth Catlett, her beloved mentor at Dillard University.
Lewis has been collecting art since 1942, focusing primarily on the WPA era and work created during the Harlem Renaissance. Pieces from her collection were acquired by the Hampton University Museum in Virginia, the world’s earliest collection of African American fine art...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph