Skip to main content

Men Figurative Prints

to
1,759
5,192
1,639
1,312
599
322
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
3,446
1,409
488
418
294
284
243
150
64
59
56
37
9
2
131
120
110
89
80
639
2,008
5,359
1,111
82
242
450
364
310
531
660
925
472
221
501
6,211
2,617
229
27,313
15,137
10,997
9,119
7,851
7,278
4,832
4,232
2,418
2,064
1,912
1,834
1,609
1,469
1,449
1,432
1,387
1,310
1,224
1,095
3,811
2,406
1,266
830
588
720
4,257
3,749
3,708
Art Subject: Men
1970's Alexander Calder lithographic cover (from Derrière le miroir)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithographic cover c. 1975 from Derrière le miroir: Lithographic cover in colors; 11 x 15 inches. Very good overall vintage condition. Unsigned from an edition of u...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Student, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Saint Clair Cemin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Saint Clair Cemin, Brazilian (1951 - ) Title: Student Year: 1980 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75 Image Size: 9 x 11.5 inches Size: 15 in. x ...
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Portrait of Marshal Bazaine - Lithograph by William Holl - 1872
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Marshal Bazaine is an artwork realized by William Holl (1807-1871), from a Photograph. Lithograph, printed in 1872 by Milliam Mackenzie, London. Good condition.
Category

1870s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Two Girls - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two Girls  is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching after Rembrandt by Charles Amand-Durand. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19th...
Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "The Blue Flame"
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino poster...
Category

1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Esther
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Esther Portfolio: 1960 Drawings for the Bible Medium: Original lithograph Date: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 22 1/4" x 18 1/2" Sheet Size: 13 3/4"...
Category

1960s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

John Sloan Etching, 1916, "McSorley's Back Room"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
John Sloan (1871-1951) etching created 1916. Edition: 100 Titled: “McSorley’s Back Room” Plate size: 5 1/4" H x 7 " W Sheet size: 7 1/2" H x 10 3/8" W In excellent condition, unframe...
Category

1910s Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Eliza Southwood, Mur de Huy, Limited edition landscape print
Located in Deddington, GB
Mur de Huy Eliza Southwood Cycling Print Screen Print 5 colour screen print, edition of 45 Inspired by the Mur de Huy climb Size: H:70 cm x W:50 cm. Artist Bio: Eliza Southwood is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Screen

White Lotus 2
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: White Lotus 2 Year: 2023 Medium: Archival pigment inks on 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 50; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 32 × 48 in (81.3 × 121.9...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Food - Chromolithograph after Karl Werner - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Food is a modern artwork realized d'apres Karl Werner  Mixed colored Chromolithograph.  The artwork is after the watercolor realized by the artist during a trip to Egypt between 18...
Category

1880s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Category

1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Salvador Dalí – La Botte violette – hand watercolored drypoint etching – 1969
Located in Varese, IT
hand watercolored drypoint etching on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1969 limited edition of 145 copies water-colored , numbered in lower left corner ea ( artist proof ) si...
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching

Erotic Scene - Lithograph by Toyen - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an artwork realized by Toyen in 1923. Mixed colored watercolored lithograph. The artwork is an illustration from the book Pybrac written by Pierre Louÿs  (1870-1925...
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Théo Tobiasse Set of 18 Lithographs Hand-Signed Diaspora Framed and Behind Glass
Located in Paris, FR
Set of eighteen lithographs from the “Diaspora” series by Théo Tobiasse. Théo was born in Israel of Lithuanian parents. Before he turned seven, his family moved to Paris due to fina...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper

Fortune Hunting
Located in Middletown, NY
A richly hand-colored image with a counterstrike on the verso. London: Hannah Humphrey, 1804. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on buff wove paper, 10 1/4 x 15 inches (260 x...
Category

Early 19th Century English School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Watercolor

FOR A POOR AMERICAN PLEASE / POUR UN PAUVRE AMERICAIN S’IL VOUS PLAIT
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HONORE DAUMIER (1808 – 1879) FOR A POOR AMERICAN PLEASE / POUR UN PAUVRE AMERICAIN S’IL VOUS PLAIT, 1835 (DR 108 i/iii:: LD 108) Lithograph as published in La Caricature February ...
Category

1830s Barbizon School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Insekt I - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Insect I is a  contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981. Mixed colored aquatint and etching. Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin....
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Max Ernst - Elektra - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Elektra Lithograph 1939 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Signed in the plate From XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category

1930s Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Customs - Persian Kings - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Customs - Persian Kings is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. Titled on the lower. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " Hist...
Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Friday
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Friday’ By Jane Anderson Medium - Lithograph Edition - 26/70 Signed - Yes Size - 765mm x 550mm Date - 1987 Condition - Excellent. 10 out of 10. Colour of print may not be accurate when viewed on a monitor. Jane Anderson was born 1952 in Portsmouth, England and studied at Ealing School of Art and the Slade School of Art, London. She worked with the Treadwell Gallery from 1972 till 1990. It is interesting to note how her work developed from the heterosexually sexy drawings...
Category

1980s Other Art Style Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Intestinal Diseases - Lithograph By Ottavio Muzzi - 1843
Located in Roma, IT
Intestinal Diseases is a lithograph hand colored by Ottavio Muzzi for the edition of Antoine Chazal, Human Anatomy, Printers Batelli and Ridolfi, 1843. The work belongs to the Atl...
Category

1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Chase - Third Day, by Jos Sances
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A double image, with multiple narratives. The title and main imagery depict the third day of Captain Ahab's fateful chase of Moby Dick (chapter 135). In the lower image the whale is ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Frederick Douglas, by Jos Sances
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Portrait of Frederick Douglas. A former slave, he became one of the most famous abolitionist and an leader in the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. Me...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Erry & Merry"
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino poster...
Category

1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

French Mid-Century 1950s Mens Fashion Design Vintage Suit Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French men's fashion design from 'La Revue de l'Homme' a Parisien fashion periodical. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pair 17th Century Medical Anatomy Engravings by Francesco Valesio
Located in Rochester, NY
Two anatomical copper engravings by Francesco Valesio. From De humani corporis fabrica libri decem Evangelista Deuchino, On laid paper. 17th Century # nude male figure
Category

17th Century Old Masters Nude Prints

Materials

Laid Paper

Tip of Broadway II
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original lithograph created by Lester F. Johnson. This work was donated to Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center by the David K. Anderson Charitable Trust. All proceeds from the sal...
Category

1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Provence : Meeting in the Neighborhood - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre AMBROGIANI (1907-1985) Meeting in the Neighborhood, 1974 Original Lithograph (Gourdon Workshop) Signed with the artist's stamp On vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 in) Excelle...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

SUBWAY - THREE PEOPLE
Located in Portland, ME
Marsh, Reginald. SUBWAY - THREE PEOPLE. S. 149. Etching, 1934. 9 x 7 inches; 228 x 178 mm. Numbered "10b," and signed in pencil "Reginald Marsh (F.M.)" b...
Category

1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Golddigger, " Isaac Friedlander, WPA, New York City, Social Realism, 1931
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Isaac Friedlander was born in 1890 in Mitau, Latvia. He studied painting and printmaking at the Academy of Rome—the only formal art training he would ever have. After the overthrow o...
Category

1930s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

The Circus : Maternity and Violin Player - Original Lithograph (Mourlot #513)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) The Circus : Maternity and Violin Player, 1967 Original lithograph (Mourlot Workshop) On Arches vellum 42 x 32 cm (c. 17 x 13 in) REFERENCE : Catalog ra...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Femmes De Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1954 Paper Size: 13.5 x 9.5 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Femmes de Lau...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait - Print by Renzo Vespignani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a phototype print reproducing drawing by Renzo Vespignani of the 1960s Signed on the plate lower right. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and perfect hatch...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

Matisse, Auguste Pellerin, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 10.24 x 6.69 inches Inscription: Signed in th...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nude of Woman - Lithograph by Carlo Marcantonio - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is a Lithograph realized by Carlo Marcantonio in 1970s. This original print is hand signed. This is an edition of 50 prints plus some artist's proofs, numbered 21/50. Prints are the most affordable and reasonably priced artworks...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

André Minaux - Original Handsigned Lithograph - Ecole de Paris
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
André Minaux Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 76 x 54 cm Edition: HC XXI/XXX HandSigned and Numbered Ecole de Paris au seuil de la mutation d...
Category

1970s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

A Second Generation, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches 300gm paper. Paper Size: 21.8125 x 18.3125 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, For My People, 1992. Published...
Category

1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ex Libris - Memento Vivere - Woodcut by Michel Fingesten - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Memento Vivere is a colored woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a ...
Category

1930s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Jeunes Filles Sur le Port
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur, Jeunes Filles Sur Le Port, 1920, engraving, signed in pencil [also initialed and dated in the plate]. Reference: Godefry, Sylvain Laboureur 200, second state of...
Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Love is the Answer
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph on BFK Rives papers Edition 12 of 50 Signed and numbered in pencil and with artist's fingerprint
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960's, Confrontation
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz. Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 11 1/2" x 17," sheet measures 18"...
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Diana Raised 1
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Diana Raised 1 Lithograph from four stones, 1970 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Annotated "PP" for Printers Proof lower right (see photo) Publisher: ULAE ULAE blindstamp lo...
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

La Tourterelle - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
La Tourterelle is an etching realized by Catherine Haussard in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". A...
Category

1770s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

UNTITLED (CLEANING CREW)
Located in Portland, ME
Braun, Ruth Light (American, 1906-2003). UNTITLED (CLEANING CREW). Lithograph, not dated, but likely 1930s. Edition size not stated. Signed in pencil, lower left. 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inc...
Category

1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Mexican Family, " Black & White Lithograph Family Portrait
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mexican Family" is a black and white lithograph by Howard Cook. The artist signed the piece lower right. It is from an edition of 250, unnumbered. This...
Category

1940s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Leap Fail Leap
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media Photo Etching, Aquatint and Drypoint Printed on Arches Cover titled Leap Fail Leap, created by the artistic collaboration of Robert Flemming and Mizin Shin. ...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Nude with Sunglasses
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original monoprint by American female artist Jackie Felix. This work is currently featured in an exhibition Over the Fence on view at Benjaman Gallery. This work comes in an ar...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Monoprint

The Physiognomy - Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 181
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - Portrait is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
Category

1810s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Joachim von Seewitz"
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino...
Category

1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Two Men - Original Lithograph by Paul Gavarni - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Two men is an original lithograph artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (after) (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in Pari...
Category

1880s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Gemini - Screen Print by Sergio Barletta - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Gemini is a screen print on grey paper realized by Sergio Barletta. In good conditions except for fairly consumed edges. The artwork represents the zodiac sign of scorpio through...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

GLOUCESTER FISHERMAN and PREPARATORY DRAWING FOR GLOUCESSTER FISHERMAN
By Carl Nordell
Located in Portland, ME
Nordell, Carl Johan David. GLOUCESTER FISHERMAN and PREPARATORY DRAWING FOR GLOUCESSTER FISHERMAN. Etching and pencil drawing, not dated, but circa...
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Pencil, Etching

Field Marshals - Original Lithograph by Antonio Zezon - 1853
Located in Roma, IT
Field Marshals is an original lithograph by Antonio Zezon. Naples 1853. Interesting colored lithograph which describes a Field Marshals in daily gear and in running gear. In excell...
Category

1850s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso, Two Nudes (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

Lacrimose Portfolio, Collection of 12 Pop Art Woodcuts by Mimmo Paladino
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Paladino, Italian (1948 - ) Title: Lacrimose Portfolio Year: 1986 Medium: Portfolio of Twelve Woodcuts, Each signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 18/42 Size: 31 x 21 ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Phantom of the Opera, Journey" Broadway Musica lAndrew Lloyd Webber Tony Awards
Located in New York, NY
"Phantom of the Opera, Journey" Broadway Musica lAndrew Lloyd Webber Tony Awards Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003). A signed and numbered limited edition lithograph on rag paper. "The Journey" a caricature depiction from "The Phantom of the Opera...
Category

1980s Performance Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

East Tenth Street Jungle
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), East Tenth Street Jungle, 1934, etching, signed and annotated “Second Proof, First State”, in pencil [also initialed and dated in the plate]. Reference: S...
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

L’arbre de l’été
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 60 ex. Signed, dated and numbered. Free shipment worldwide. Corneille, one of the founders of the COBRA group, has passed away. He died in Pari...
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Recently Viewed

View All