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Art Subject: Plant
Piombagginae - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sleeping Poppy - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Acanthus Springs - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Hybrid Calciolaria - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

White Birch - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Nature Scene Art Reading travellers in Antalya’s forests Screenprint Figurative
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Dive into the fascinating world of art with this exceptional screen print by Engeln. In her artistic work, Engeln explores multifaceted themes inspired by travel observations that sh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, Screen

The Lips - The Physiognomy - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Lips - The Physiognomy 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...
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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Island - Original Screen Print by Maurilio Catalano - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Island is an original screen print artwork, realized by Maurilio Catalano. Hand-signed, numbered edition of 2/60 prints. The state of preservation is very good. The artwork repres...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

In The Forest - Original Screen Print by Rolandi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
In The Forest is an original modern artwork realized by the painter Rolandi, in the 1980s. Mixed colored screen print. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Artist's proof (as re...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Dog: realist expressive black and white portrait drawing of pet dog in the sun
Located in New York, NY
This tenderly illustrated print depicts a black dog sitting comfortably on the lawn. A low fence and a bench can be seen in the background. Plants grow along the sides of the lawn, b...
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1980s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame. So...
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Mid-18th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint

The Cicerbita Fruticosa - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Common Medlar - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Beauty of Beatrice - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Beauty of Beatrice is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Black flower - XXI Century, Contemporary Floral Linocut, Black and White
Located in Warsaw, PL
Marta Bozyk (1973). A graduate of the Graphic Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. She received a diploma with the Medal of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1998. Winner of the Scholarship of the Creative City of Krakow (2000) and the city of Mino in Japan (2001). She is also a winner of the Technical Award at the International Print Exhibition in Taichung, Taiwan (2008) and the Equal Prize International Triennial of Art Bitola in Macedonia. He belongs to the artistic female group...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Linocut

The Santalee - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Mythology Narcissus
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology Narcissus MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: XXXI/C MEASUREMENTS: 18" x 30" YEAR...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.
Located in Richmond, GB
From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame. So...
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Mid-18th Century Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint

Fritillaria Imperialis
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph. Fritillaria Imperialis Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monument...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

Birds - Original Etching by Benn - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Girl at the Window is an original Etching realized by Benn (Bencjon Rabinowicz) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand signed on the lower right margin Go...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Chassolaceae - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable ...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Pome Fruits - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable ...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Nkosazana 55 (Silhouette, Portrait, Flowers, Vibrant)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X Nkosazana 55 (Silhouette, Portrait, Flowers, Vibrant) Year: 2025 Archival Pigment Print with Archival Inks on 240 gsm Hahnemuehle Paper Size: 30 x 20 inches (76 x 50 cm) Edit...
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2010s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital

I Castelli Romani - Vintage Poster after Neal Slavin - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
I Castelli Romani is a splendid poster realized after Neal Slavin, in 1983, in occasion of the exhibition held in Rondanini Gallery in Rome. Vintage o...
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1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, Offset

The Rose - Original Screen Print by Costantino Persiani - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
The Rose is an Original print screen on cardboard by Costantino Persiani in 1973. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Good conditions. Numbered, edition 73/210. Dimension: ...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Flowers, very large lithograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flowers" .1996 is a large original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 13/200 in whi...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

The Physiognomy- Insects - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - Insects is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Post-Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Temporary Tree - Etching by Leo Guida - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
Temporary Tree 1 is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1995 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original mixed colored etching. Hand signed on the lower right...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Digestive System - De Humani Corporis Fabrica - by A. Vesalio - 1642
Located in Roma, IT
The Digestive System is an original etching realized as plate no.35 for the 1642 edition of the "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" by the italian anatomist ...
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1640s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Zen Minimalist Flowers Etching American Modernist Ed Baynard Pop Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
ED BAYNARD (American, 1940-2016) Flowers, Flowers in a Vase, Etching. 1979/1980, Hand signed, dated l.r., Hand numbered from small edition 12/24, Dimensions: 23 by 19 in. Framed 25 by 21 in Born in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Raised in Washington, D.C. and newly graduated from high school, he flew to Europe living off and on in Paris and London. During this time, he designed costumes for Jimi Hendrix, worked as a graphic designer for the Beatles as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Returning to New York, he dedicated his life to art after a surprise success with his first show in 1971 at the Willard Gallery in NYC. Ed's images are Zen-like in their simplicity and grace rendered in a flat, graphic style that recalls Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. His watercolors are luminous, like the rest of his representations regardless of the medium. The Japanese inspired ukiyo-e style woodblock prints and lithograph works he created at Tyler Graphics in 1980 contain a 20th century "floating world" sensibility. Ed's wish was to bring harmony, color, and a meditative stillness to this chaotic planet. He did so in a gentle and powerful way, always as an expression of his deep gratitude for the love and beauty, friendship, and concerns he held dearest. His first solo exhibition was in 1971 at New York's legendary Willard Gallery on the recommendation of Agnes Martin. Baynard went on to have exhibitions at galleries including Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1973); Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (1977); John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (1980); and Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (1980/81).. Baynard manages to retain a simplicity of form inspired by a love of Japanese Woodblock prints. His new works reflect the same poetry of his earlier paintings, retaining his stylized compositions with their Zen like minimalism and Oriental calm, along with a new sense of rhythm and movement. Baynard uses familiar themes such as flowers, plants, pots, and vases, incorporating them into his delicate watercolor still lifes, thus creating stunning visual feasts. He was included in the 1972 Landscape exhibition at MoMA NY alone with other luminaries James Boynton...
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1980s American Modern Still-life Prints

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Etching

Untitled (2021)
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Ewa Juszkiewicz Title: Untitled (2021) Year: 2023 Medium: Archival pigment print with screenprinted varnish on Canson Etching Rag Paper 310gsm ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (2021)
$5,625 Sale Price
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Large Shelf Still Life, 2017, Offset lithograph
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Large Shelf Still Life, 2017 Offset lithograph printed in colors on wove paper 23 2/5 × 23 2/5 in 59.5 × 59.5 cm The full sheet printed to the ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Sans titre, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Arjomari paper. Paper Size: 11.75 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Du...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - The Negresses - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field 68-6 (p. 40-41).
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Iris on Silver, Photorealist Floral Screenprint by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Iris on Silver Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 22.5 in. diameter Si...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Jennifer Jokhoo, Water's Edge, Limited edition landscape print
Located in Deddington, GB
Waters Edge by Jennifer Jokhoo [2021] limited_edition Reduction linocut print Edition number 20 Image size: H:30 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:35 cm x W:66 cm x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Linocut

Liberty & Freedom I (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints on Canvas)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**Annual Summer Sale Until August 31st** **This Offer Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Tale Advantage of it** **This is limited edition of only 30 prints on CANVAS. You will receive it rolled inside a Tube** ***The print will look like the Primary picture*** "Liberty&Freedom I" is a highly labored wing piece made with real feathers covered with several layers of clear varnish on the original piece. Now you can have a print of this awesome design. Bring this stunning and peaceful art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas

La Femme En Bleu (State II), hand signed lithograph
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed lower right by Douglas Hofmann. From the edition of 300. Hand numbered lower left. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of ...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Tennis, Contemporary Lithograph by Beryl Cook
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Beryl Cook, British (1927 - 2008) Title: Tennis Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Size: 34 in. x 27 in. (86.36 cm x 68.58 cm)
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Lilies - 21st Century Photographic Floral Print from Black and White Polaroid
Located in Zürich, CH
Lilies - 21st Century Photographic Floral Print, PolaroidOriginal, Shadow Gapped Frame - Photographic Print on Aluminium Dibond - Edition 10 + 1, with Certificate Lilies is a beauti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Carbon Pigment, Polaroid

Picasso, 8.10.64. XIII (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
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1970s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Yellow and Blue Iris, Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Yellow and Blue Iris Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 40 Image Size: 24 inches...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

20th century color lithograph French scene female figure boats water signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Printemps" is an original color lithograph by Francois Batet. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number (184/200) in the lower left. This piece ...
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1980s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Peach Lily on Beige, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Peach Lily on Beige Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 40 x 29 inches Si...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Les Roses
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
La composition de cette lithographie représente 3 roses vues en gros plan sur un fond de paysage bucolique, mêlant un parterre de fleurs blanches et, au second plan, quelques silhoue...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Gild the Lily II
Located in New York, NY
GILD THE LILY II Year: 2017 Medium: Archival pigment inks on Crane, Museo Max, 365 gsm fine art paper Size: 46 x 35 inches (117 x 89 cm) Edition: 30 Price: $2,875 Also available in a suite of 2 Carlos Rolón...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

2 Lovely Robert Kipniss Lithographs titled "Leaning" & "Interiors"
Located in New York, NY
Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Left: Leaning, c. 1988 Lithograph Sight: 5 1/4 x 4 in. Framed: 11 x 9 3/4 x 3/4 in. Numbered lower left: 53/175 Signed lower right: Kipniss Right...
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1980s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Le Bouquet a la Main (Cramer 34; Mourlot 207), Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 9.06 x 7.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Chagall, Marc, and Julien Cain. Chagall Li...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A fog. Landscape figurative print, Miniature, Trees, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary etching print by Polish artist Elzbieta Bocianowska. The print depicts landscape with tree in the foreground and trees in the background. The artwork is minimalistic. Pr...
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

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Etching, Paper

General Dynamics, Exploring the Universe, Sub-Atomic Worlds – Original Poster
Located in Zurich, CH
A poster belonging to Erik Nitsche's second series for General Dynamics, promoting its nuclear research. Founded 1952, General Dynamics hired Nitsche as Art Director – a Swiss (1908 – 1998) educated at the Collège Classique in his birth town Lausanne and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich. 1934 he emigrated to the United States and became an incredibly versatile graphic designer whose work became exemplary modernist. General Dynamics for its part focused on – amongst others – aerodynamics, aerospace, electronics and nuclear power. So here the company had a problem: Only a few years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki it wasn’t exactly the simplest thing to explore nuclear energy and not to be suspected of developing weapons of mass destruction. The International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 1955 in Geneva was a great opportunity to be seen as a provider of peaceful technology. The guys in charge chose Erik Nitsche to communicate this message. He created four poster series. Atoms for Peace was the first consisting of eleven posters. The second was made for the Conference 1958; these posters are titled Exploring the Universe and represent different aspects of technological research. The third series promoted General Dynamics’ departments. The last series of six smaller posters...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

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Paper

The Lost Trace / - The Holy Night as a real dream -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernst Fuchs (1930 Vienna - 2015 ibid), The Lost Trace, 1972. Vernis mou and aquatint etching, 46.8 x 36.4 cm (plate), 66 x 50 cm (sheet), 69.5 x 53.5 cm (frame), WVZ Hartmann no. 185...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

FEMME DEBOUT
Located in Aventura, FL
Selected from the personal collection inherited by Marina Picasso, Pablo Picasso's granddaughter. After Pablo Picasso's death, his granddaughter Marina authorized the printing of t...
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1980s Cubist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Sarracenia Porporina - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Benwortham with Conclusion of a Battue - Etching by Joseph Banks - 1837
Located in Roma, IT
Benwortham with conclusion of a Battue is an artwork, realized by the artist Joseph Banks in 1837.  Etching colored. Titled and signed on plate . Beautiful engraving with contempor...
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1830s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Femme au cep de vigne, 4th var." (Woman by the Grape Vine, 4th variant)
Located in Hinsdale, IL
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE (1841 -1919) "Femme au cep de vigne, 4th variante" Woman by the Grape Vine, 4th variant Delteil 48, Stella 48 Original lithograph in black ink, 1904 -1905 On...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Shadow of Camels - Original Etching by Tullio Diamanti - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Shadow of Camels is original etching realized by Tullio Diamanti in 1980. Hand-signed. Artist's proof. Sheet dimension: 70 x 0,1 x 50 cm. Image dimension: 39 x 39 cm. In excell...
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1980s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Etching

Indecision
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece is an original artwork by Jason Chen titled "Indecision". It is made of archival pigment prints from the artist's photography that he cuts and weaves together by hand. The piece measures 16”h x 12”w and ships framed in the pictured 18.5”h x 15”w frame. In 2012, Jason Chen shifted his long-running focus on dry plate tintypes to a new process: photo weaving. Chen began using two separate images of the same person, then wove them together in a process exploring time, movement, process, and mutation. He has exhibited works in the series one by one over the years, but in Fragments, his 2015 solo exhibition at Paradigm Gallery, a full collection of these works were on display together for the first time. Bio // Jason Chen is originally from Guangzhou, China. He received his BFA in Animation from the University of Arts in 2008. Jason is a Philadelphia-based photographer specializing in Fashion, Editorial, and Alternative Process Photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Cherry Tree in Bloom" Copper Plate Heliogravure
Located in Chicago, IL
2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extolling his artistic merits during his lifetime to showing something of a feigned disdain- more reflective of the world political order than a true change of heart for Hodler’s work. After years of Hodler being all but a footnote in the annals of art history and generally ignored, finally, the pendulum has righted itself once again. Recent retrospective exhibitions in Europe and the United States have indicated not only a joyful rediscovery of Hodler’s art but a firm conviction that his work and world view hold particular relevance today. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is not only a collection of printed work reflecting the best of all of his painted work created up to 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, the portfolio itself is an encapsulation of Hodler’s ethos, Parallelisme. Hodler developed his philosophy of Parallelisme as a unifying approach to art which strips away detail in search of harmony. By means of abstraction, symmetry and repetition, Hodler sought ways to depict Nature’s essence and her fundamental, universal order. He believed these universal laws governing the natural, observable world extend to the spiritual realm. Symbolist in nature with Romantic undertones, his works are equally portraits of these universal concepts and feelings governing all life as they are a visual portrait in the formal sense. Whether his subject is a solitary tree, a moment in battle, mortal fear, despair, the awe inspired by a vast mountain range, a tender moment or even the collective conviction in a belief, Hodler unveils this guiding principle of Parallelisme. Several aspects of Hodler’s portfolio reinforce his tenets of Parallelisme. The Table of Contents clearly preferences a harmonious design over detail. The two columns, consisting of twenty lines each, list the images by order of appearance using their German titles. The abbreviated titles are somewhat cryptic in that they obscure the identities of the sitters. Like the image Hodler presents, they are distillations of the sitter without any extraneous details. This shortening was also done in an effort to maintain a harmonious symmetry of the Table of Contents, themselves, and keep titles to a one-line limit. The twenty-fourth title: “Bildnis des Schweizerischen Gesandten C.” was so long, even with abbreviation, that it required two lines; so, for the sake of maintaining symmetry, the fortieth title: “Bauernmadchen” was omitted from the list. This explains why the images are not numbered. Hodler’s reasoning is not purely esoteric. Symmetry and pattern reach beyond mere formal design principles. Finding sameness and imposing it over disorder goes to the root of Hodler’s identity and his art. A Swiss native, Hodler was bi-lingual and spoke German and French. Each printed image, even number forty, have titles in both of Hodler’s languages. Certainly, there was a market for Hodler’s work among francophones and this inclusion may have been a polite gesture to that end; however, this is the only place in the portfolio which includes French. With German titles at the lower left of each image, Hodler’s name at bottom center and corresponding French titles at the lower right of each image, there is a harmony and symmetry woven into all aspects of the portfolio. This holds true for the page design, as it applies to each printed image and as it describes the Swiss artist himself. Seen in this light, Hodler’s portfolio of printed work is the epitome of Hodler’s Parallelisme. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is also one of the most significant documents to best tell the story of how Hodler, from Switzerland, became caught between political cross-hairs and how the changing tides of nations directly impacted the artist during his lifetime as well as the accessibility of his art for generations to come. The Munich-based publisher of the portfolio, R. Piper & Co., Verlag, plays a crucial role in this story. Publishing on a wide range of subjects from philosophy and world religion to music, literature and the visual arts; the publisher’s breadth of inquiry within any one genre was equal in scope. Their marketing strategy to publish multiple works on Hodler offers great insight as to what a hot commodity Hodler was at that time. R.Piper & Co.’s Almanach, which they published in 1914 in commemoration of their first ten years in business, clearly illustrates the rapid succession- strategically calculated for achieving the deepest and broadest impact - in which they released three works on Hodler to hit the market by the close of 1914. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was their premier publication. It preceded C.A. Loosli’s Die Zeichnungen Ferdinand Hodlers, a print portfolio after 50 drawings by Hodler which was released in Autumn of 1914 at the mid-level price-point of 75-150 Marks; and a third less expensive collection of prints after original works by Hodler, which had not been included in either of the first two portfolios, was released at the end of that year entitled Ferdinand Hodler by Dr. Ewald Bender. The title and timing of DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS' debut leaves little doubt as to the connection it has with another avant-garde portfolio of art prints, Das Werk Gustav Klimts, released in 5 installments from 1908 -1914 by Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Hodler, himself, was involved in Klimt’s ground-breaking project. As the owner of Klimt’s 1901 painting, “Judith with the Head of Holifernes” which appears as the ninth collotype print in the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Hodler was obliged to grant access of the painting to the art printers in Vienna for them to create the collotype sometime before 1908. Hodler had been previously invited in 1904 to take part in what would be the last exhibition of the Vienna Secession before Klimt and others associated with Galerie Miethke broke away. In an interview that same year, Hodler indicated that he respected and was impressed by Klimt. Hodler’s esteem for Klimt went beyond the art itself; he emulated Klimt’s method aimed at increasing his market reach and appeal to a wider audience by creating a print portfolio of his painted work. By 1914, Hodler and his publisher had the benefit of hindsight to learn from Klimt’s Das Werk publication. Responding to the sluggish sales of Klimt’s expensive endeavor, Hodler’s publisher devised the same diversified 1-2-3 strategy for selling Hodler’s Das Werk portfolio as they did with regards to all three works on Hodler they published that year. For their premium tier of DAS WERKS FERDINAND HODLERS, R. Piper & Co. issued an exclusive Museum quality edition of 15 examples on which Hodler signed each page. At a cost of 600 Marks, this was generally on par with Klimt’s asking price of 600 Kronen for his Das Werk portfolio. A middle-tiered Preferred edition of 30, costing somewhat less and with Hodler’s signature only on the Title Page, was also available. The General edition, targeting the largest audience with its much more affordable price of 150 Marks, is distinguishable by its smaller size. Rather than use the subscription format Miethke had chosen for Klimt’s portfolios which proved to have had its challenges, R. Piper & Co. employed a different strategy. In addition to instantly gratifying the buyer with all 40 of the prints comprising DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS and the choice among three price points, they advertised in German journals a fourth possibility of ordering single prints from them directly. These printed images are easily discernible from the three complete folio editions. The paper size of the single purchased images is of the larger format like the Museum and Preferred editions, measuring 65 h x 50 w cm; however, the paper itself is the same copper print paper used in the General edition and then mounted on poster board. The publishing house positioned itself to be a direct retailer of Hodler’s art. 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