Ed Ruscha

Unstructured Merriment

2016

AURORA'S GARLAND is an imaginary architectural landscape that combines the real and the surreal. Created in 1995 by the Iowa born artist Jim Buckels (b.1948) known for his dream-like images, rendered in a meticulous, modern airbrush technique. This limited edition screenprint was printed using hand silk screen printing techniques on heavyweight archival printmaking paper, very fine details superb quality craftsmanship. AURORA'S GARLAND presents the viewer with a dreamlike metaphysical landscape luxuriant with shades of cool blues, dark greens, grays, beige, pink lavender, magenta pink, yellow, off white and black. A peaceful moonlit garden scene accented by two winged cherub statues in the foreground holding onto a glowing lampost. An elegant and fanciful, rose tinted French maison rendered in a Chiâteauesque architectural style, sets the scene as it stands glowing with light beside a mirror-still pool of water, surrounded by a textural stone wall, precisely trimmed hedges, lush leafy trees, and flowering shrubbery. AURORA'S GARLAND creates a fairytale ambience reminiscent of the magical works of the renowned 1920's illustrator Maxfield Parrish. 11 " x 11.5" print size, unframed, excellent condition, signed in gold ink pen...

PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the Iowa born artist Jim Buckels. PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW presents a finely detailed fantasy landscape scene depicting a Mediterranean cliffside villa beside a moonlit lake featuring classic architectural details including terra-cotta roof tiles, off-white stucco walls, stone balustrade balconies and stone walled terraces. Cool shades of aqua, light blue, greens, terra cotta, beige, taupe gray, black and white create a calm yet mysterious ambience which keep the viewer's imagination engaged. PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW is a beautifully detailed, picturesque Mediterranean landscape any fantasy traveler would love to explore. Print size - 26.75." x 31.5" Large off square size, impressive handcrafted limited edition lithograph, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Jim Buckels Edition size - 350 Year published - 1990, printed at JK Fine Art Editions Co. NY JIM BUCKELS Artist statement- "On one level, I think of myself as a decorative artisan, or at best a scene painter. I don't mind this distinction, because many of my heroes never achieved much more. It's a modest but honorable aspiration. The artists who have influenced me are quite dissimilar and usually less prominent in the pantheon of art history: Canaletto, the Flemish scene painters, the Hudson River artists...

Silkscreen Print with Gold Metallic Inks 24 × 18 in 61 × 45.7 cm Edition 207/350 Set of 3 Covert to Overt prints: Icon Water Tower, Peace Tree, Big Brother. 18 x 24 inch screen prints on thick white cotton archival paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Jon Furlong. Edition Details Year: 2015 Class...

"East River, New York" serigraph of New York city skyline by artist Richard Estes from the "Kinderstern" portfolio, published in 1989 by Edition Domberger to raise money to house fam...

12-color screen print on deckle edge paper of a collage of Moroccan street scenes including an orange stand, umbrellas, a motorcycle shop and a F...

Screen print on paper Edition of 750 Numbered 50cm x 70cm Full Pest Control COA Sold in mint condition, as issued