Men Figurative Prints

The Jolly Flat Boat Men, 1847 After George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811-1879) Engraved by Thomas Doney (French, active New York 1844-1849) Engraving with Hand-Coloring Published by The American Art-Union, New York (1838-1851) Printed by Powell and Co. 18 x 24 inches 32 x 38 inches with frame In 1847, the American Art-Union purchased Bingham’s painting "The Jolly Flat Boat Men" (1846; National Gallery of Art) directly from the artist. The subscription-based organization, founded in 1838 as the Apollo Association, boasted nearly ten-thousand members at this date. For an annual fee of five dollars, each received a large reproductive engraving and was entered in a lottery to win original artworks exhibited at the Art-Union’s Free Gallery. Aimed at educating the public about contemporary American art, the organization developed an impressive distribution network that reached members in every state. The broad circulation of the Art-Union's print helped to establish Bingham's reputation and made his river scene famous. Born in Augusta County, Virginia in the Shenandoah River Valley, George Caleb Bingham became known for classically rendered western genre, especially Missouri and Mississippi River scenes of boatmen bringing cargo to the American West and politicians seeking to influence frontier life. One of his most famous river genre paintings was The Jolly Flatboatmen completed in several versions in 1846. This first version of this painting is in the Manoogian Collection at the National Gallery of Art. Fame resulted for this work when it was exhibited in New York at the American Art Union whose organizers made an engraving of 10,000 copies and distributed it to all of their members. Paintings such as Country Politician (1849) and County Election (1852) and Stump Speaking (1854) reflected Bingham's political interests. In 1819, as an eight-year old, he moved to Boon's Lick, Missouri with his parents and grandfather who had been farmers and inn keepers in the Shenandoah Valley near Rockingham, Virginia. Reportedly as a child there, he took every opportunity to escape supervision to travel the River and watch the marine activity. His father died in 1827, when his son was sixteen years old. His mother had encouraged his art talent, but art lessons were not easily obtainable. In order to earn money, he apprenticed to a cabinet maker but determined to become an artist. By 1835, he had a modest reputation as a frontier painter and successfully charged twenty dollars per portrait in St. Louis. "His portraits had become standard decorations in prosperous Missouri homes." (Samuels 46). In 1836, he moved to Natchez, Mississippi and there had the same kind of career, only was able to charge forty dollars per portrait. He remained largely self taught until 1837, when he, age 26 and using the proceeds from his portraiture, studied several months at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He later said that he learned much of his atmospheric style and classically balanced composition by copying paintings in collections in St. Louis and Philadelphia and that among his most admired painters were Thomas Cole, John Vanderlyn, and William Sidney Mount. Between 1856 and 1859, Bingham traveled back and forth to Dusseldorf, Germany, where he studied the work of genre painters. Some critics think these influences were negative on his work because during that time period, he abandoned his luminist style that had brought him so much public affirmation. Bingham credited Chester Harding (1792-1866) as being the earliest and one of the most lasting influences on his work. Harding,a leading portraitists when Bingham was a young man, had a studio in Franklin, near Bingham's home town. In 1822, when Bingham was ten years old, he watched Harding finish a portrait of Daniel Boone. Bingham recalled that watching Harding with the Boone portrait was a lasting inspiration and that it was the first time he had ever seen a painting in progress. Harding suggested to Bingham that he begin doing portraiture by finding subjects in the river men, which, of course, opened the subject matter that established fame and financial success for Bingham. Harding also encouraged Bingham to copy with paint engravings. He later painted two portraits of Boone but, contrary to the assertions of some scholars, he did not do Boone portraits in the company of Harding. Bingham's portraits of Boone are not located, but one of them, a wood signboard for a hotel in Boonville circa 1828 to 1830, showed a likeness of Boone in buckskin dress...

Crazy, Crazy, Crazy Minerva by Salvador Dali is from the Memories Of Surrealism suite which consists of 12 hand-signed lithographs with etching p...

This exquisite heliogravure after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled 5.7.59. IV, from the album Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros (Bulls and Bullfighters), originates from the 1961 editi...

Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...

'Little Darling' Chromolithograph. 1897. Vanity Fair musician portrait of Charles John Darling (1849-1936), lawyer, politician and High Court judge. 395mm by 265mm (sheet)

Shadows on the Ramp. 1927. Drypoint and sand ground. McCarron 64. 9 x 10 1/2 (sheet 12 3/8 x 14). Edition 75 recorded impressions. A rich, tonal impression with drypoint burr, printe...

Dread Scott VOTE BIDEN, 2020 Screenprint on wove paper Signed, dated and numbered 24/100 in graphite pencil on the back 26 × 26 inches Unframed The screenprint, which references And...

Alméry Lobel-Riche The Elegants, 1912 Original etching Signed in pencil by the artist Numbered /12 On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches) Excellent condition

Original WW1 poster: A Wonderful Opportunity for You. Ashore, on leave. United States Navy. A pre-war recruiting lithographic poster features an ebullient sailor going home o...

Etching on vélin Canson et Montgolfier paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by L'Imprimerie Daragnès, Paris; printed by Jean Gabriel Daragnès, Paris, ...

Bricklayers at Rest is an artwork realized after the Italian artist  Renato Guttuso  (Bagheria, 1911 – Rome, 1987) in 1945. Phototype print. Good ...

Frame is handmade by artist Gail Potocki. WEAG-Matejko, Printer, Vienna "In 1919, artist Theo Matejko created this lithograph for Robert Reinert's silent film Opium (starring Conra...

Zincograph on Vélin Bouffant paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Non Vouloir, 1942. Published by Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris; printed...

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Grand Tête (Portrait de Jacqueline aux Cheveux lisses) linocut in colors, on Arches paper, 1962, signed in pencil, numbered ##/50, with full margins, pale ...

This haunting portrait of Richard Hamilton is layered with textured lavender surrounding his form. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art: “In 1969, at the end of a characteris...

Art Deco 1925 1980 Silkscreen Paper size 33½" × 21"inches Signed in pencil and marked 234/300 Michael Knigin was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended and graduated from Tyler S...

Richard Diebenkorn Poems of W.B. Yeats (with 6 Etchings by Richard Diebenkorn) Year: 1990 Size: 10.5 x 8.25 (26.67 x 20.95 cm) (each) Edition: 314 of 400 Signed in pencil “R Diebenko...

Original poster: Save Freedom of Worship (S) Artist: Normal Rockwell. Archival linen backed. Original fold marks touched up at the time of b...

Lou Barlow (Louis Breslow), 'On the Beach' (Coney Island) wood engraving, c. 1937, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. Stamped 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT NYC WPA' in the bottom left margin. A fine, richly-inked impression, with all the fine lines printing clearly, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 3 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce. Image size 11 x 8 1/8 inches; sheet size 16 x 11 3/8 inches. Created during the Great Depression for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project, New York City. Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the Amon Carter Museum of Art, Illinois State Museum, and the New York Public Library. ABOUT THE IMAGE Due to Coney Island's proximity to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and other New York boroughs, it began attracting vacationers in the 1830s and 1840s. Most of the vacationers were wealthy and went by carriage roads and steamship services that reduced travel time from a formerly half-day journey to two hours. By the late 1870s, the development of Coney Island's amusement park attractions and hotels drew people from all social classes. When the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company electrified the steam railroads and connected Brooklyn to Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge at the beginning of the 20th century, Coney Island turned rapidly from a resort to an accessible location for day-trippers seeking to escape the summer heat in New York City's tenements. In 1915, the Sea Beach Line was upgraded to a subway line, and the opening of the Stillwell Avenue station in 1919 ushered in Coney Island's busiest era. On the peak summer days, over a million people would travel to Coney Island. In 1937, New York City purchased a 400-foot-wide strip of land along the shoreline to allow the boardwalk to be moved 300 feet inland. At this point, Coney Island was so crowded on summer weekends that parks commissioner Robert Moses...

Titled 'Polo' and signed 'Louis Claude' in pencil below the image. Printed in Paris for the Paris Etching Society, New York. 465mm by 595mm (pla...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Challah, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 45/120, Size: 10 x 11.75 in. (25.4 ...

La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...

Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Paper Size: 11 x 8.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Poèmes 1923-1958. Dix dessins d...

Wolff’s woodcut of the mythological figure of Prometheus is carved and printed in only two strong colors—black and a fiery red-orange—yet the impact is monumental. The central figure...

La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...

Slavko Kopac was born in Croation in 1913. He was one of the founding members and curators of Art Brut (Compagnie de L'Art Brut). 1948, Compagnie de L'Art Brut is founded by Slavko K...

Original Ingen Rast, Ingen Ro, a Swedish vintage silent movie poster from 1920. Translated, it means No Rest, No Peace. However, the American titl...

Fly TWA The Orient, an original linen-backed travel poster by David Klein. Size: 25” x 40". Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Excellent condition, Grade A. Standing i...

Raoul Dufy, French (1877 - 1953) - Tirez les Premiers, Messieurs les Francais, Year: 1915, Medium: Woodcut and Pencil Drawing, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 25/10...

Ernest Stephen Lumsden RE, RSA Ernest Stephen Lumsden RE, RSA (1883 – 1948) Buddha Frame Size: 40.7cm x 52.5cm Image: 21cm x 34 cm Lumsden reference: 254 Edition 33/50 Whatman w...

Original La Croix-Soleil, artist Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942) lithograph vintage poster. This La Croix-Soleil lithograph is an original, archival linen backed and ready to fra...

From the Vargas Portfolio **Portfolio Cover Not Included** Lithograph Only Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896, the son of...

"Charge of the Revolutionist Cavalry" - 1931 Woodcut On Paper 1931 Black and white woodcut print titled "Charge of the Revolutionist Cavalry" by Leo...

BEN SHAHN - Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have A Dream is a limited run, plate signed, commemorative lithograph recreated after the wood engraving by Stefan Martin(1936 - 1994), an American wood engraver and illustrator. Printed using traditional lithography methods in 1981 on fine quality, archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. Features a striking black and white portrait head portraying the fine wood engraved image of civil rights leader - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. along with text from his famed inspirational, I’ve been to the mountaintop’ speech. Printed signatures of Ben Shahn in dark reddish brown ink and Martin Luther King Jr. in gray ink. (see Photos) Artists copyright text printed...

NORTH Year: 1992 Medium: 2-color, soft ground etching Paper Size: 28 x 25 inches (71 x 64 cm) Plate Size: 19 x 18 inches (48 x 46 cm) Edition: 60 Price: $6,000 Suite of four also a...

James Allen, 'The Connectors', 1934, etching, edition not stated, Ryan 66. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on handmade, cream laid paper, with margins (1/2 to 1...

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Portrait of Picasso MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: a/b 66/200 MEASUREMENTS: 19" x 31" YEAR: 1970 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Exc...

An excellent example of Rowlandson's visual commentary on the challenges of changing fashion for those with a less than ideal physique. Rowlandson, Thomas (after George Murgatroyd W...

Diane Keaton & Woody Allen "Annie Hall" Movie Oscar Academy Award Caricature Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in "Annie Hall" Plate Size: 13 x 9 3/4 Paper Size...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) (after) - Cycle Daphné & Chloé Original lithograph Print 131/333 copies, from 1985, guaranteed SPADEM, signed in the plate. Numbered in pencil, on Arches vel...

Title: Statue of Liberty II Year: 1999 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, a...

This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Nu au Collier (Nude with Necklace), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 198, originates from the 1972 edition publish...

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...

Georges Braque, French (1882 - 1963) - Hestia, Medium: Etching, Size: 12.25 x 9 in. (31.12 x 22.86 cm), Reference: Vallier Pg 298, Provenance: From the collection of the late Larry ...

MAXIMILLIAN KURZWEIL (Austrian 1867-1916) DER POLSTER / THE CUSHION, 1903. Color woodcut printed on laid japon paper, affixed as usual to a support sheet from its upper sheet edge...

The Jewish Welfare Board. Original World 1 vintage poster, excellent condition; archival linen backed and ready to frame. Printer: Alco-Gravure, Inc., N. Y. Civilians: When we...

Yvon TAILLANDIER The Aeroplane, 1984 Original screen print Handsigned in pencil Justified E.A (Artist's proof) On paper 64 x 45 cm (c. 25.1 x 17.7 in) Very good condition, slight...

Boris Lovet-Lorski, Untitled (Nike), lithograph, edition 250, 1929. Signed and numbered 1 in pencil. Number 1 of Volume 1, a series of 10 lithographs in each of 2 portfolios, publish...

Fritz Eichenberg, 'The Aquarium', wood engraving, 1933, edition 200. Signed and titled in pencil. Initialed in the block, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impression, on pale yel...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 11.42 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issu...

La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...

Presenting a monumental original etching by French artist Albert Decaris. Decaris won many honors in France during his extensive career. "Leda and the Swan", depicts the mythologi...

En plein soleil. (In the Sunlight). 1881. Etching and drypoint. Tissot 54, Béraldi 45, Wentworth 54. 7 13/16 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 15). Edition about 100. Mat line and two hinge s...

This artwork titled "Pecheur de Sawara, Japon" (Fisherman of Sawara, Japan) 1936 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. It is hand signed in pencil b...

Army Of Caine by B A T I K Pop art work featuring multiples of Michael Caine in Get Carter mode - possibly his most iconic movie role. Archival pigment pop art print signed & limi...

Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977). A doctor is giving a shot to a female patient, while a nurse tries to prevent a man from barging in. Pencil signed "G Ho...

Original Durham, England 1953 British Railways vintage poster. Conservation linen backed in excellent condition; it is ready to frame. This vintage poster features a modern mid-century design that adds nostalgia and charm to any space. The image on the poster is an original 1953 artwork by Anthony Frank Kersting, showcasing two women sitting under a tree by the river, engaged in fishing. Durham England Theme: The poster highlights the beauty of Durham, England, with the iconic Durham cathedrals showcased prominently in the center of the image, surrounded by white clouds. Perfect for Decoration: This vintage poster is perfect for decorating any space, whether it's your home, office, studio, or any other area that could benefit from a touch of vintage charm. Unique Collectible: As an original vintage poster, this unique collectible can add value to any vintage art collection...

MAN is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print created using woodcut and serigraphy(silkscreen) printmaking techniques on white archival heavyweight paper, 100% acid fre...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Les Amoureux (The Lovers), from the folio Couleur amour, 13 Aquarelles, Gouaches, Lavis (Color of Love, 1...