Currier & Ives

Ice-Boat Race on the Hudson.

circa 1872.

Title continues: Built by Mr. Henry Steers, Greenpoint, L. I. Owned by Mr. James Gordon Bennett, Jr. Winner of the Great Ocean Yacht Race, With the ...

“Hidden Cities I : The Ministry. Second State.” Contemporary artist Peter Milton created this etching and engraving in 2006. The printed image size is Image size 23.50 x 36.88 inches and the paper size is 31 x 42 inches. This impression is signed, dated, and titled in pencil and inscribed “11/75” – the 11th impression from the total printing of 75. “I do love to draw. I feel that I am being granted membership in the Brotherhood of Merlin, conjuring forth some apparition. As a drawing develops, I sense a vague presence coming more and more into focus, something in a white fog emerging and becoming increasingly palpable.” – P. Milton, “The primacy of touch. The Drawings of Peter Milton” “Working in layers, Milton begins with drawings based on people and places, with nods to Western art history and culture. He is a master of the appropriated image, a term that may conjure Andy Warhol and his Pop Art comrades. But Milton steps further back in history, avoiding the Pop sense of cool advertising and popular culture references. Instead, a broader cultural past is tapped through historical photographs of key players, architecture, and locales, which he reinvents by hand. He adds content drawn from his life as an avid reader – always with multiple possible interpretations – thus incorporating deeper meaning in his cinematic worlds. Elements of Greek mythology, classical music, art history, and history coalesce in his images, which embrace the messiness, sorrow, and elation that is life. One is hard-pressed to imagine a more erudite, skilled, passionate, and cheeky soul. In addition to a storied career in printmaking, since 2007 Milton has fearlessly produced artwork digitally. He now creates images using Adobe Photoshop in files consisting of more than two thousand layers, which are printed both as digital prints on paper and, for display on Led light boxes...

CROSSINGS Contemporary artist Frederick Mershimer created the mezzotint engraving entitled "Crossings" in 1998. This impression is signed, titled, and dated in pencil. The printed ...

NIAGARA Contemporary artist Frederick Mershimer created the mezzotint engraving entitled “Niagara” in 2021. This impression is signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “5/45”- the 5th ...

Societe National des Chemins de fer Francais. Puissance Economie. (powerful and economical) Original vintage railroad SNCF poster. Linen backed. Movin...

Jobs for Fighters. Original post World War 1 vintage poster, linen backed. Artist: Gordon Grant. Printer: United States Department of Labor - United States Employment Service...

Original WW1 poster: Keep It Coming: "We Must Not Only Feed Our Soldiers at the Front but Millions of Women & Children Behind Our Lines" ...Waste Nothing. United States Food Administration. General John J. Pershing. The W. F. Powers Co. Litho N.Y. Linen backed. Good condition. Original WW1 lithograph ready to frame. The upper left outside boarder was repaired during the linen backing keeping this poster from being a 100 year old perfect condition vintage poster. This image created by the artist George Illion features a line of trucks with the word food on the side traveling to delivery needed supplies to our troupes and allies. One lone soldier is shown directing the truck traffic to keep moving. The trucks are done in an Army green since many computer monitors display different color tones. The “Keep” and “Coming” are done in a pumpkin orange lettering. This is an original World War 1 poster...

Original vintage travel poster: Germany by SAS (Scandinavian Airline System). Artist: Otto Nielsen. Size: 25 x 39.5" Archival linen backed original vintage travel poster; ex...