George Barbier

George Barbier, Chez la Marchande de Pavots, fashion lithograph, 1920

1920

The extremely rare, complete collection of 28 artists original graphics, the first signed edition before the second poster edition of 4000, with varying edition numbers including Artist’s Proofs, from the total edition of 200, each hand signed and numbered or inscribed, 1969 - 1972, printed on varying papers, published by the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad and F. Bruckmann, Germany, with 2 additional screenprints of the Emblem by Victor Vasarely, 1972, signed from the edition of 200, on wove paper, each sheet, various measurements. (30 works) The 1972 Olympic Committee commissioned 28 international artists to each produce an original print for the Munich Games that year. The artists were given unprecedented freedom to explore their personal perspectives of the Olympic spirit using their own unique styles and methods. Departing from the traditional subject matter and style of past Olympic prints, the artists produced works which ranged from abstraction to realism, and from collage to op-art. The Committee specifically commissioned world-renowned artists to produce this series in order to destigmatise the idea that fine art should be reserved for private enjoyment. Instead, these posters demonstrated that art can exist comfortably in the public sphere, serving both as art and advertisement and echoing the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin...

Lithograph, screenprint, etching and aquatint printed in colours, with relief, 1998, signed in pencil, dated, numbered from the edition of 55 (there were also 14 artist's proofs), with the publisher's blindstamp, Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, 54.6 x 55.2 cm. (21½ x 21¾ in.) Catalogue Raisonne: Axsom 252 Over a period of four years, Stella created a body of prints whose titles all came from ‘The Dictionary of Imaginary Places’ by Alberto Mangual and Gianni Guadalupi. Each work from this series is recognisable for its teaming compositions of twisting, colliding and knotted forms. The shapes appear to spill out of their sheet, seemingly trying to escape their frames. As he had done since the ‘Swan Engravings...

Relief, screenprint, etching, aquatint, lithograph and engraving in colours, 1995, on TGL handmade paper, signed, dated and numbered form the edition of 50 in pencil (there were als...

Silkscreen, lithograph, linoleum block with hand-colouring, marbling and collage, 1989, on T. H. Saunders and Somerset paper, signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 60, publi...

Artist: Erte Title: "La Princesse Lointaine" Type: Serigraph Image Dimensions: 21 x 16 Framed: 38x27 inches Year Produced: 1984 Edition: AP 6/50 Condition: Excellen The Russian born...

Onyx Sleeve is an expertly crafted, embossed serigraph on paper with foil stamping and an image size of 13.5 x 13.5 inches. From the edition of 650, the art is numbered 184/300 and estate-stamped 'Erté' lower right (there were also 300 Roman and 50 AP). Framed in a classic 'reed and ribbon' gold-tone moulding. Onyx Sleeve is one of four serigraphs in Erté’s ‘Fashion...

Red Hat is an expertly crafted, embossed serigraph on paper with foil stamping and an image size of 18.75 x 13.5 inches. From the edition of 650, the art is numbered 136/300 and esta...

Onyx Coiffure is an expertly crafted, embossed serigraph on paper with foil stamping and an image size of 27 x 22 inches. From the edition of 650, the art is numbered 214/300 and estate-stamped 'Erté' lower right (there were also 300 Roman and 50 AP ). Framed in a classic 'reed and ribbon' gold-tone moulding. Onyx Coiffure is one of four serigraphs in Erté’s ‘Fashion...