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Art Subject: Portrait
'The Lamentation' — Mid-century Modernism, WWII
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'The Lamentation', lithograph, 1941, edition 35, Fine and Looney 198. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Ed 35' in pencil. Initialed in the stone, lower ri...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Red Capote
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " The Red Capote" 1986 is a color offset lithograph on Artcote paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We- ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marilyn Monroe Turquoise Red No. 43 Oversize Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe Turquoise Red No. 43
by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
signed and numbered by the artist on ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Untitled (Woman smoking)
Located in London, GB
15-colour silkscreen plus glaze on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm, hot pressed paper
42 x 30cm
Edition of 60, signed and numbered by the artist
Lisa Brice is a South African-born...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Scream
Located in Norwich, GB
"SCREAM"
DOT DOT DOT
6 layer screen print
350gsm Arches 88
Edition of 150
65 x 65 cm
Signed and numbered by the artist
DOT DOT DOT is a visual artist f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Ode to van der Weyden's Crucifixion
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 4.5 inches - Edition 2 of 7 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $265.
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the new series by e2 (Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Picasso, Head of a Woman (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
Spanish 1984 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x21 in. n21
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944)
'La creación IV', 1984
etching, aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g.
15 x 20.9 in. (38 x 53 cm.)
Edition of 225
Unf...
Category
1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Screen
Samuel Cousins, engraver, self portrait mezzotint engraving
By Samuel Cousins
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Samuel Cousins
Mezzotint, by Edwin Long after Samuel Cousins (1801-1887). 1884.
530mm by 405mm (platemark) 620mm by 495mm (sheet).
India-laid proof before lettering, signed in p...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Seurat, Portrait de Paul Signac, Seurat (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From th...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Head of Demeter of Cnidos British Museum Roman Classical sculpture photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Head of Demeter of Cnidos'
Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner ...
Category
1910s Other Art Style Portrait Prints
Materials
Photogravure
Renoir, Gabrielle, Seize Aquarelles et Sanguines de Renoir (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin d’Arches Johannot paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 15 x 10.75 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Seize ...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sidney Chafetz, The Stroller (Wallace Stevens)
Located in New York, NY
Sidney Chafetz was known for his clever compositions and his many portraits, all made in the most 'difficult to control' medium of woodcut.. This charmi...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Paper
Set Pieces: Vanity of Trust
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Set Pieces: Vanity of Trust', color lithograph, 1949, edition 40, Fine and Looney 279. Signed, titled, dated and numbered '23/40' in pencil. A fine, impression with fresh colors, on...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sin título
By Banksy Hates Me
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Offset lithograph by Banksy
Stamped signature
Hand numbered
Publisher's stamped seal
Certificate issued by the publisher
Series of 199 copies
Copy 9/199
42 x 29,7 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marilyn With Pink Roses
By Bert Stern
Located in Toronto, ON
Limited Edition Print
Hand-signed by the artist on recto and verso
Includes photographer's stamp on verso
Includes certificate of authenticity
Category
2010s Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
OLD PRO Dave Wilcox San Francisco 49ers NFL Football History, Signed Lithograph
Located in Union City, NJ
OLD PRO is an original limited edition lithograph by the American artist, Merv Corning printed from hand drawn lithographic stones using traditional hand ...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HOT LICKS Screen Print, limited edition hand-signed by the artist
By Prefab77
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Hot Licks' by Prefab 77, 2015
6 Colour Screenprint on 330gsm Black Plike.
size: 70 x 100 cm (WxH)
Limited Edition of 50 (#5/50).
Stamped, Numbered and Hand-Signed by the Artiist
Cer...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Portrait - Etching by Francis Brooks Chadwick - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized by Chadwick in 1915.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
There is a nice red ink stamp depicting a duck placed on the bottom margin of one sheet.
Very...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Erotic Scene VIII - Illustration
By Emil Sartori
Located in Roma, IT
Original title: Die Tanzerin
This original etching and aquatint, blue ink on ivory colored paper is hand-signed in pencil on lower-left. Edition of 530 prints. Including a poem by Amadée de la Houlette. Representing a vintage erotic scene...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Paul Julius de Reuters, late 19th century portrait engraving
By Rudolf Lehmann
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Line engraving, on India paper, marked 'Private Plate' to lower margin. Circa 1870.
510mm by 380mm (platemark)
575mm by 455mm (sheet)
Lehmann's painting dates to 1869 when Reuters ...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Tidal Shift # 1 (Young bathers stroll on beach with others out in surf Montauk)
By Art Werger
Located in New Orleans, LA
'Tidal Shift' refers not only to the endangered coastal tideland but also to the psychological mindset of the characters. At first glance, the image projects seaside relaxation but ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
VOTE BIDEN, signed Lt Ed screenprint based upon Warhol's portrait of McGovern
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Women's Equality, Pop Art Lithograph by Marisol Escobar
Located in Long Island City, NY
Women’s Equality by Marisol Escobar, French/Venezuelan (1930–2016)
Date: 1975
Offset Lithograph (Unsigned as issued)
Size: 17 in. x 14 in. (43.18 cm x 35.56 cm)
Frame Size: 20 x 17 i...
Category
1970s Minimalist Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli - Lithograph by Dolfino - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli is an original artwork realized by Dolfino in the 19th Century.
Lithograph
Good condition.
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Marquard Freher, aged forty-nine
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on hand made laid paper, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (210 x 148 mm), thread margins. An approximately 1-inch vertical repaired tear extends into the image area at the top center ...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Portrait of James Ewell Brown Stuart American Civil War
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of James Ewell Brown Stuart
color print on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Color
Ice Cube (Gold) (50 Years, Hip Hop, Rap, Iconic, Artist, Musician, Rapper)
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X
Ice Cube (Gold) (50 Years, Hip Hop, Rap, Iconic, Artist, Musician, Rapper, Anniversary, Legend, Pop Art)
Archival Pigment Print with Archival Inks on 240 gsm Hahnemühle Paper...
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Marilyn Monroe Pink Teal No.5 Oversize Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe Pink Teal No.5
by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
signed and numbered by the artist on front ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Picasso, Composition (Horodisch C16), Sources du vent 1915-1929 (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Sources du vent 1915-1929, avec un portrait par Picasso,...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
CHEAP SIN Screen Print, limited edition hand-signed by the artist
By Prefab77
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Cheap Sin' by Prefab 77, 2015
6 Colour Screenprint on 330gsm Black Plike.
size: 70 x 100 cm (WxH)
Limited Edition of 50 (#6/50).
Stamped, Numbered and Hand-Signed by the Artiist
Cer...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Stay On Target - limited edition - Pop Art Print Oversize
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Stay On Target- archival pigment print
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 60 x 40" inches / 151 x 101 cm paper size
limited to 3 only this size.
signed and numbered by the artist.
certificate of authenticity provided.
unframed.
(Framing available - please enquire)
This piece is a modern reworking of the infamous scene in North By North West by Alfred Hitchcock where Cary Grant is hounded by an aeroplane, in this case, a Star Wars Tie Fighter...
Category
2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Le Bouquet Tout Fait - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1954 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. A proof of edition is printed on the back of the lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity.
Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers? preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
To Drink in Excess
By Cornelis Visscher
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, full margins. Trimmed at the plate mark. Scattered light caramel colored areas of discoloration in the sheet corners, light skinning on the verso at the ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Portrait de Jeune Fille Portrait of a Girl 1970 original aquatint Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paonia, CO
Portrait de Jeune Fille is a haunting portrait of a young girl also known as .. Justine… she could be either fading into the distance or just materializing out of a dream state. Her hair and the air around her is in shades of pale blue and the background is the white of the paper. This is a limited edition ( 170/300) aquatint , signed in the plate. In good condition with a 1" repaired tear midway on the right border which will not show when framed.
Argentinian-born artist Leonor Fini (1907-1996) is considered one of the great female artists of the twentieth century. She moved to Paris in the early 1930’s where she spent most of her life and almost immediately formed friendships with Salvador Dali, Cartier- Bresson, Max Ernst and other intellectuals of the time. At twenty five she had her first one person show in Paris and was included in the 1936 pivotal exhibition at MOMA…Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism…..and that same year had an exhibition at a famous avant garde gallery in New York. Although Fini never considered herself a Surrealist she maintained close personal relationships with several members of the group. One can see how their ideology influenced her work but she remained firmly rooted in the tradition of Symbolism, Metaphysics and Italian and German Romanticism Her works can be found in most important collections of modern art around the world.
Fini was renowned as a portraitist and as a painter of erotic sexual tensions with a mysterious atmosphere. She was adamant about being independent and not belonging to any one group. She lived life on her own terms and is sometimes referred to as …..the female Dali. She was also involved with designing for fashion and creating elaborate sets for opera and theatre. As a feminist she was definitely ahead of the times. She produced the first erotic male nude...
Category
20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Darth Elvis by BATIK Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Darth Elvis
By BATIK Signed Limited Edition
BATIK is a London based fine artist and image maker.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man with Newspaper - Etching by Piero Cesaroni - 1973
By Piero Cesaroni
Located in Roma, IT
Man with Newspaper is anl artwork realized by the Italian artist Piero Cesaroni (Brescia, 1944) in 1973.
Original Black and White Etching on paper.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Lady - Phototype after Corrado Cagli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lady is an artwork realized after Corrado Cagli in the middle of the 20th century.
Photype print.
Signed on the low side.
Good condition.
Corrado Cagli (Ancona, 1910 - Rome, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré de lithographies originales ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rouault, Composition, Visages (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Chiffon de Mandeure paper. Unsigned, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Visages, 1969. Published by Éditions L'étoile Pilante, Paris, a...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Toulouse-Lautrec, Album De Marine (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on Papeteries de Rives paper
Year: 1953
Paper Size: 8.86 x 5.71 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, Toulouse-...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Toulouse-Lautrec, Album De Marine (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on Papeteries de Rives paper
Year: 1953
Paper Size: 8.86 x 5.71 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, Toulouse-...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Toulouse-Lautrec, Album De Marine (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on Papeteries de Rives paper
Year: 1953
Paper Size: 8.86 x 5.71 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, Toulouse-...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Profile in Pink and Green - Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Only one variant print .
Hand signed and dated by artist in pencil.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Toulouse-Lautrec, Album De Marine (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on Papeteries de Rives paper
Year: 1953
Paper Size: 8.86 x 5.71 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, Toulouse-...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Frida's Rings
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and titled in pencil, from the black and white edition of 7. Portrait of Frida Kahlo with her face inher palm, showing the rings on her fingers.
The turbulent times of the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, 1984. Published by Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Ni...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Female Face - Lithograph by Leonor Fini - 1960s
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Female Face is an artwork realized by Leonor Fini in 1960 ca.
61,5x47,5 sheet, 40x32 lithograph, specimen no. EA XXX/XXX.
Work hand signed lower right, inscribed "EA" and numbered...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pop Art Jackson Pollock Serigraph, 1968
By John Brower
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a Silkscreen it is Titled Jackson Pollock, Abstract Expressionist, American.
John Brower worked in Chicago as a billboard designer for 12 years. He taught art at Alverno College of Milwaukee, Wright Junior College in Chicago, the University of Illinois, and the University of Kentucky. A Pop Artist.
In John Browers' work two important things come forward: the design and the image. In the painting "Indian 2" you are denied simply enjoying the background or the realistic figure in the foreground. They both on their own would make an interesting painting but Johns' insistence on putting them together leaves you with a picture scrubbed clean of indecision, so clear that you can hardly help yourself from needing to understand its meaning. John Browers' pictures are modern - no matter how instant they look you can tell they have been thought about and realized with a lot of calculation and intentionality.
He has exhibited regularly in galleries throughout the country over the past 40 years and his work is in numerous collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
Art After Art 1971. The exhibition featured works by contemporary artists who borrow and rework to their own ends famous paintings or traditional themes from the past.This exhibition consists of twenty-two paintings, drawings, sculptures, and graphics by 20th century artists , including Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte, John Clem Clarke, Tom Wesselmann, Roy Lichtenstein, Alain Jacquet, John Chamberlain, John Brower, Larry Rivers, Al Pounders, Joseph Cornell, Jose Luis Cuevas, and Sante Graziani...
Category
1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
John Elwes - The Remarkable Miser
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
John Elwes, the Remarkable Miser, 1714-1789. Member of Parliament for Berkshire, famous eccentric and miser. Heir to several fortunes and miserly relatives. Reputedly the model for E...
Category
19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Sisters" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50 prints is a gold signet intaglio printed on the cream paper each of which Klimt designed for the publication as unique and relating to its corresponding image; H.O. Miethke, Editor-Publisher; k.k. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Printer; printed in a limited edition of 300 numbered plus several presentation copies; Vienna, 1908-1914.
The idea of collaboration in the arts is anything but new; however it has so often been viewed and assessed as somehow devaluing the intrinsic worth of art. It’s as if it was a dirty secret to be hidden away. More so even than the eroticism explored by Klimt, which divided public opinion, the artistic avant-garde began to boldly flaunt artistic collaboration beginning in the 19th century- which gained steam in the first part of the 20th century- to become a driving vehicle of contemporary artistic creation. Viewed in this context, the folios of collotype prints published by H.O. Miethke in Vienna between 1908-1914 known as Das Werk Gustav Klimts, are important art documents worthy of as much consideration for their bold stand they take on established ways of thinking about artistic collaboration as they are for their breathtakingly striking images.
1908 is indeed a watershed moment in the history of art. To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I, Kunstschau opened in Vienna in May of that year. It was there that Klimt delivered the inaugural speech. Speaking about the avant-garde group’s unifying philosophy of Gesamtkunstwerk, or the synthesis of the arts, Klimt shared his belief that the ideal means to bring artists and an audience together was via “work on major art projects.” It was at Kunstschau 1908 that Klimt first exhibited his most iconic painting, The Kiss, as well as The Sunflower, Water Snakes I and II and Danae. It was at Kunstschau 1908 that Das Werk Gustav Klimts was first available for purchase. Thanks to Galerie Miethke’s organization, Kunstschau 1908 was possible. Miethke’s pioneering art house had become Klimt’s exclusive art dealer and main promoter of his modernist vision. Paul Bacher and Carl Moll, a founding member with Klimt of the Vienna Secession, who all broke away during the rift in 1905, took stewardship of the gallery following the fallout with the Secession. Das Werk Gustav Klimts is a prime example of Miethke’s masterful and revolutionary approach to marketing art. Miethke’s innovative marketing strategy played to a penchant for exclusivity. The art gallery and publishing house utilized the press and art critics- such as Austria’s preeminent Art Historian, Hugo Haberfield, who became Director of the gallery in 1912- as a means of gaining publicity as well as maintaining effective public relations. Miethke used the grand exposition format to extend the art gallery’s market reach, cultivating their product’s prestige by stroking the egos of current art patrons while simultaneously creating accessibility for newcomers and others avid collectors to share a relative proximity to other wealthy and respected members of the art collecting community. Essentially, their approach paved the way for what is still the predominant means of marketing.
Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published a total of 5 installments of print folios of Klimt’s painted work, each comprising 10 prints. The series was limited in availability to 300 and purchase was arranged through subscription. Each issue was presented unbound in a gold embossed black paper folder. Included in the folio was a Title Page, a Justification page and a Table of Contents page itemizing each of the 10 printed works with details about their corresponding painted works as well as information about each work’s current owner. These folios were not comprehensive of Klimt’s work; but rather, they feature what he believed were his most important paintings from 1898-1913. Only 2 collotypes in each folio were multicolored.
To punctuate the fact that Klimt, himself, was very much an active player in creating these printed works, he created square-shaped signets, unique to each collotype which were intaglio printed in gold ink at the bottom of the cream wove papers to which the chine collie papers were affixed.These signets relate thematically to their corresponding printed images and designate each of those images by their placement in the folio’s Table...
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper
'T-Kaa-Onoroh, Femme des iles-Sandwich', Hawaii, antique lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'T-Kaa-Onoroh, Femme des iles-Sandwich', woman from Hawaii.
Lithograph, by Pierre Langlume and L' Abbaye after Jacques Arago (1790-1855).
From Jacques Arago's 'Promenade autour du ...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Louis XI, Roi de France
By Jean Morin
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching, engraving and stippling on cream laid paper with an indiscernible watermark in the sheet center, 11 15/16 x 8 3/16 inches (302 x 207 mm), trimmed at the plate mark. A very g...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Untitled (Edition 46/50)
Located in New York, NY
Thomas Cornell (American b. 1937), "Untitled", Edition 46/50, Figurative Drypoint/ Etching signed and numbered in pencil, 24 x 20, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black and White
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Melanie Schiele
By Egon Schiele
Located in Roma, IT
This lithograph from the portfolio "Egon Schiele" is a reproduction of "Melanie Schiele", an original artwork realized by Egon Schiele in 1906. The portfolio, that includes 10 lithog...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph