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Valley Hose, Surrealist Screenprint by Charles Magistro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Magistro Title: Valley Hose Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Paper Size: 30 x 35 inches
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1980s Surrealist Landscape Prints

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Screen

New York Night, Vintage Large Modernist Pop Art Sllkscreen
Located in Surfside, FL
5-color silkscreen on 2-ply museum board. edition of 60 hand signed and numbered. American, 1955-2014 Born in 1955, Tom Slaughter’s career began in 1983 with his first exhibition at the Drawing Center in New York City. Since, he has had more than 20 solo shows in cities including San Francisco, Miami, London, Vancouver, Cologne and Fukuoka, Japan. Slaughter had worked extensively with master printer, Jean Russell at Durham Press, creating numerous limited edition prints using his signature bold primary colors. He worked as a printmaker in collaboration with Durham Press for 25 years, and his editions are included in the permanent collections of MoMA and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He illustrated twelve children’s books, including “Boat Works,” “Do You Know Which Ones will Grow? ” – a 2011 Notable American Library Association book of the year – and collaborations with Marthe Jocelyn such as “ABC x 3,” “Same Same,” and “123.” These books have been translated into six languages. Slaughter also worked for the last ten seasons as the Art Director for the New Victory Theater. As a designer, he created everything from t-shirts to skateboard decks, beach towels as well as a line of wallpaper for Cavern Home. Tom Slaughter, an artist, designer, and illustrator, passed away on October 24, 2014. In his Pop-inflected prints, drawings, illustrations, paintings, and design work Tom Slaughter exudes a love of life. He makes few distinctions between his various artistic endeavors; “I paint, draw, cut paper, use a computer, and even an iPhone—it’s all the same hand,” he says. In a 2001 print...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Orient Point, Folk Art Screenprint by Ted Jeremenko
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Orient Point. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 21 x 34 inches, Size: 30...
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1980s Folk Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Spring - Original Screen Print by Maddalena Striglio - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Spring is a very brightly colored screen print realized by the contemporary Italian artist Maddalena Striglio in the late 20th Century. Hand-s...
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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

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Screen

A View of St. Louis
Located in Missouri, MO
John Stobart "St. Louis, A View Through the Arches of the Eads Bridge" 1979 Color Lithograph 32.5 x 37.5 inches framed Signed in Pencil and Numbered 221/75...
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1970s American Realist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Moonscapes II, Psychedelic Screenprint by Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Moonscapes II Year: 1978 Medium: Screenprint on Somerset, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Image Size: 19 x 25 inches Size: 22 x 28 in. (55.88 x ...
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1970s Pop Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Morin Valley In The Snow-Poster, New York Graphic Society. Printed in U.S.A.
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Poster. 1971 New York Graphic Society Ltd. Printed in U.S.A. Measures 31.25 x 36.75 inches and is unframed. The image is in Very Good Condition. The white border has discoloration/su...
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1970s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Manhattan View, Governor's Island (Szoke 87, 89). Aquatint & Etching SiGNED/N
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas Manhattan View, Governor's Island (Szoke 87, 89), 1999 Aquatint & Photo Etching in Colors on Arches Cover Paper with full margins Pencil signed from the limited edit...
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1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Caligo III – Serene Ocean Horizon Print In Blues With Subtle Linear Details
Located in New York, NY
Ann Aspinwall — Caligo III, This serene screenprint by Master Printer Ann Aspinwall captures the tranquil expanse of sea and sky through delicate tonal shifts and rhythmic linearity....
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Screen

La Casita Azul
Located in New York, NY
“LA CASITA AZUL” Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created this color lithograph entitled “La Casita Azul” circa 1970. The image size is 21.50 x 31.25 inches and the paper size 23.13 x 33 inches. Printed in an edition of 100 this impression is inscribed “91/100” - the 54th impression of 100. Pencil signed in the lower right and inscribed in the lower left. “Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
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Late 20th Century Modern More Prints

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Lithograph

Desert II Variation - Minimalist Abstract Screenprint by Joseph Grippi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Desert II Variation Joseph Grippi, American (1924–2001) Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 33/50 Image Size: 14 x 36.25 inches Size: 16 x 38.25 in. (40.64 x 97.16 cm)
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1970s Landscape Prints

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Screen

"Ghost Trip", 1978, Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Ghost Trip Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 39 in. x 27 in. (99.06 cm x 68.58 cm)
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1970s Conceptual Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Original Fontainebleau Avon 1930s vintage French travel poster on linen backing
Located in Spokane, WA
Rare Original "Fontinebleua" Avon – artist Lulien Lacaze – Vintage PLM Railway Poster (Linen Backed). Add a touch of classic French elegance to your collection with this authentic "...
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1930s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled Gargoyle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artists proof printed on 100% cotton rag monochromatic Panoramic
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Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Lithograph

Christo and Jeanne-Claude "Running Fences White" Print
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Christo, Title: Running Fences White Series: Running Fences Date: 1976 Medium: Offset Lithograph Dimensions: 25" x 39" Signature: Signed...
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1970s Conceptual Landscape Prints

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Offset

Christ Church, Oxford 1675 engraving by David Loggan
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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1670s Realist Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Eroded Trailer, Bombay Beach, Salton Sea, California - American Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
There is something beautiful about the decay. Something ironic about the contrast of the shiny RV life. The RV is this thing which is mobile, here it's been frozen in salt, it has be...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jayson Lilley, From Greenwich Park II, Limited Edition Print, City Scape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jayson Lilley From Greenwich Park II Limited Edition Print Edition of 39 Image Size: H 84cm x W 84cm Signed Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Gold Leaf

View Near Greve, Impressionist Screenprint by Milton Glaser
Located in Long Island City, NY
A simplified, illustration-style landscape by American artist Milton Glaser. This print is signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. View near Greve Milton Glaser, American (1929...
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1980s Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Screen

Venetian Series, Dale Chihuly
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Dale Chihuly (1941) Title: Venetian Series Year: 2018 Medium: Lithograph, silkscreen and acrylic on Waterford paper Edition: 79/125 Size: 37 x 25 inches Inscription: Signed a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Acrylic, Intaglio, Screen, Lithograph

Belgian Contemporary Art by Hugo Pondz - L’Arrêt du Temps
Located in Paris, IDF
C-Print on Argentic paper Others sizes are available upon simple request Shipping of the artwork will be done in a tube or flat in a crate with or without American box frame. Additio...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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C Print, Paper

Belgian Contemporary Art by Hugo Pondz - La Prise de Conscience
Located in Paris, IDF
C-Print on Argentic paper Others sizes are available upon simple request Shipping of the artwork will be done in a tube or flat in a crate with or without American box frame. Additio...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, C Print

"Fishing Village" by Katsushika Hokusai. Printed in U.S.A.
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Aaron Ashley, Inc. Printed in USA Good/fair condition (creasing and staining in bottom left corner) 37 x 14 in.
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20th Century Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Highway, Pop Art Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000) Title: Highway Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 30 x 22 inches Paper Si...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Regent Street
Located in Deddington, GB
Regent Street By Michael Wallner [2020] limited_edition Brushed aluminium Edition number 25 Image size: H:68 cm x W:91 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Metal

"Lake with Lily Pads" Lush Green Aquatic Nature Landscape Water Forest Woods Air
Located in Austin, TX
By J. Torrents Llado 35" x 24" Serigraph, Edition 65/75 Hand signed in pencil, bottom right. Hand numbered in pencil, bottom left. This Impressionist-style serigraph by National Tr...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Screen

Reims Cathedral, France poster after Maurice Utrillo Post-Impressionism
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want. after Maurice Utrillo (1883 - 1955) France: La Cathédrale de Reims Original vintage poster 100 x 62 cm Commissioned by the Ministère des Travaux Publics et des Transports and the Commissariat général au Tourisme. Printed in France, by and for the French Government. Printed by Braun & Cie, Mulhouse-Paris. This poster, featuring a Utrillo painting of Reims Cathedral, was printed by the French tourist board to encourage holidays to France. Utrillo's depiction of Reims is highly post-impressionist, with thick layers of impasto and an inventive colour palette. Maurice Utrillo was a French painter who specialised in post-impressionist cityscapes...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Circles in Yellow
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Circles in Yellow Medium: Screenprint in colors Year: 1980 Edition: 154/200 Sheet Size: 30" x 28 1/2" Image Size: 35 1/4" x 33 3/4" Signed: Hand signed an...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Max, Ascending Angel, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Ascending Angel Year: 2000 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as iss...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Visit France Auvergne original SNCF vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: SNCF, VISIT FRANCE AUVERGNE, travel poster. Linen-backed. Lithograph. View of the castle on a hill, in the foreground, framed by a train...
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1950s American Realist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

The Lost Ball, Contemporary Norfolk Landscape Art, Seascape Art, Blue Art
Located in Deddington, GB
The Lost Ball' is a handmade linocut print by artist Colin Moore, featuring his signature graphic use of line and sophisticated colour palette. This handmade print uses layered tones...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Echoes, Minimalist Abstract Screenprint by John Stritch
Located in Long Island City, NY
John Stritch was an American artist best known for his abstract and sculptural work. "Echoes" features an abstracted and simplified mountain landscape. Th...
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1980s Abstract Landscape Prints

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Screen

Switzerland horses by Hugo Wetli original vintage poster Swiss Jura Alps
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters, many of which are from Switzerland, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or sen...
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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Eschatos #23, Surrealist Landscape Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
The sublime, or the amalgamation of the terrifying and the awe-inspiring, is encapsulated by the crashing wave that dominates this surrealist landscape. Artist: Clarence Holbrook Ca...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints

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Screen

Champ de Blé & Sapins Bleus, Screenprint by Daniel Riberzani
Located in Long Island City, NY
Champ de Blé & Sapins Bleus Daniel Riberzani, French (1942) Date: circa 1980 Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 300, AP 45 Image Size: 28.5 x 19 inches S...
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1980s Landscape Prints

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Screen

Venice Beach Lifeguard Hut, Vibrant Landscape Artwork, Contemporary Beach Print
Located in Deddington, GB
The bright colours of the rainbow coloured Lifeguard hut seem a perfect fit for the Venice Beach lifestyle. I love the contrast of the hut's colours against the lightness of the sand...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Metal

Max, Summer Storm, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Summer Storm Year: 2000 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as issued...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Christ Church, Oxford 1675 hand-coloured engraving by David Loggan
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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1670s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Belgian Contemporary Art by Hugo Pondz - La Pensée du Matin
Located in Paris, IDF
C-Print on Argentic paper Others sizes are available upon simple request Shipping of the artwork will be done in a tube or flat in a crate with or without American box frame. Additio...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, C Print

Cardoon, Still Life Art, Floral Art, Pink and Green Print, Representative Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Vicky Oldfield artist and printmaker, ‘Cardoon’ is a hand coloured collagraph print, the print is taken from a plate which has been collaged with a variety of textured materials. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper, Intaglio, Ink, Etching

Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye 1929 – Original Swiss Vintage Exhibition Poster
Located in Zurich, CH
Original Vintage Poster, issued 1987 by the ETH in Zurich on the occasion of its exhibition on Le Corbusier's famous – and revolutionary – Villa Savoye, c...
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1920s Modern Landscape Prints

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Paper

Mediterranean, Signed Cubist Lithograph by Remo Farruggio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mediterranean Remo Farruggio, Italian/American (1904–1981) Date: Circa 1979 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 300, AP 35 Image Size: 21 x 29 inches Size: 28 in. x ...
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1980s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Primavera, Folk Art Screenprint by John Grillo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Grillo, American (1917 - 2014) Title: Primavera Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 22 x 29 inches Size: ...
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1980s Folk Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Wonderground Map of London by MacDonald 'Max' Gill c. 1924 original poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage posters and views of London (including original paintings), scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" ...
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1920s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

International Very Special Arts Festival, Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Title: International Very Special Arts Festival Year: 1989 Medium: Lithograph on wove paper Edition: 190/275, plus proofs Size: 35.5 x 26.5 in...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Israeli Modern Pop Art Photo Silkscreen Serigraph Palm Trees Kadishman
Located in Surfside, FL
Menashe Kadishman was born in Tel-Aviv in 1932. He is a Graduate of St. Martin's School of Art, University of London Studies with Anthony Caro, Reg Butler. From 1947 to 1950, Kadish...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Landscape Prints

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Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Death Ramp, Conceptual Art Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Death Ramp Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 39 in. x 27 in. (99.06 cm x 68.58 cm)
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1970s Conceptual Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Capri Boats
Located in Toronto, ON
Image Size: 39" x 32" Unframed Limited Edition Serigraph of 300 Hand Signed by Howard Behrens Soho Editions 1996
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1990s Landscape Prints

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Screen

Ramp with a Red Roof, Photorealist Screenprint by Saul Chase
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by New York-born artist Saul Chase (b. 1945). The beauty of Chase's work arises out of the inherent contradiction between his subject and the rendering. ...
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1980s Minimalist Landscape Prints

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Screen

Caribbean Sandy Shore, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, Beach House Art in Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Caribbean Sandy Shore" is a cyanotype of a shoreline on a Caribbean beach. It is a beautiful image for tropical decor and...
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2010s Realist Landscape Photography

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Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...

Pacific Ocean Currents, Handmade Cyanotype Seascape in Blue, Waves Landscape
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Pacific Ocean Currents" is a handmade cyanotype print of rough water texture resembling Pacific Ocean swell. Details: + ...
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2010s Realist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Emulsion, Engraving, Etching

Lunchtime on Broadway
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms’ “Ruckus Manhattan” in the mid-1970s humorously transformed Grand Central Terminal into a 3-D caricature of New York City. “I wanted to do a novelistic portrait of Manhatt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Etching

Map of Days
Located in London, GB
Silk scarf framed with museum-grade 92% UV-resistant glass. 90 x 90 cm / 35 7/16 x 35 7/16 inches 103 x 103 cm (incl frame) / 40 9/16 x 40 9/16 inches (incl frame) edition size unknown Map of Days is an intricate work that serves as a self-portrait of the artist's identity and psyche. Drawing inspiration from medieval maps...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Silk, Screen

French Vintage Exhibition Poster for Yves Brayer (1971)
Located in London, GB
French Vintage Exhibition Poster for Yves Brayer (1971). Newly framed, the poster announces Brayer's exhibition of his watercolours of La Brière. La Brière is an atmospheric marshlan...
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1970s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Israeli Modern Pop Art Aquatint Etching Cracked Earth Art Kadishman Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is a metallic silver gray color. Menashe Kadishman was born in Tel-Aviv in 1932. He is a Graduate of St. Martin's School of Art, University of London Studies with Anthony Ca...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Landscape Prints

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Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Mountain Bridge, Folk Art Screenprint by Jack Hofflander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Mountain Bridge, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 30, Image Size: 22 x 31 inches, Size: ...
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1980s Folk Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Berthoud Pass, Rocky Mountain Skiing
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Berthoud Pass, located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, has a rich history associated with winter sports, skiing, exploration, and snowmobiling since the 1930s. An avid outdoors p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper

City of London Barbican Center print (HAND SIGNED by David Hockney) Rare poster
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Offset lithograph poster Hand signed in pencil by David Hockney on the front The work depicted is "Detail of Cubistic Bar", 1980, crayon Published by Petersburg Press, ...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

19th century color lithograph landscape figures horseback house scene trees sky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present print is one of several examples produced for Nathaniel Currier by his longtime collaborator Frances F. "Fanny" Palmer. Harry T. Peters wrote of her: "There is no more interesting and appealing character among the group of artists who worked for Currier & Ives than Fanny Palmer. In an age when women, well-bred women in particular, did not generally work for a living Fanny Palmer for years did exacting, full-time work in order to support a large and dependent family ... Her work ... had great charm, homeliness, and a conscientious attention to detail." One of a series of four prints showing American country life in different seasons, the image presents the viewer with a picturesque view of a successful American farm. In the foreground, a gentleman rides a horse with a young boy before a respectable Italianate country house. Two women and a young girl pick flowers in the garden and several farm workers attend to their duties. Beyond are other homes and a city on the coast. 16.63 x 23.75 inches, artwork 28.13 x 33.38 inches, frame Entitled bottom center "American Country Life - May Morning" Signed in the stone, lower left "F.F. Palmer, Del." Signed in the stone, lower right "Lith. by N. Currier" Copyrighted lower center "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by N. Currier in the Clerk's office of the Southern District of N.Y." Inscribed bottom center "New York, Published by N. Currier 152 Nassau Street" Framed to conservation standards using silk-lined 100 percent rag matting and Museum Glass with a gold gilded liner, all housed in a stained wood moulding. Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...
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Materials

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

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