Illustration Board Prints and Multiples

This artwork titled "Arch Beach, California" c.1910 is an original etching on Wove paper by American artist Harley DeWitt Nichols, 1859-1939. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 6.5 x 9.5 inches, framed size is 13 x 17 inches. it is custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age. About the artist: Born in the small rural Wisconsin town of Barton, Harley lived a peripatetic life. As a young child, he accompanied his family to Lincoln, Nebraska where he found great excitement in the roaming herds of buffalo and Native Americans. It was in these years that a talent for drawing was discovered. In 1870, after several years of hardship, his father moved the family back to Wisconsin. At the age of 11 he became a water boy...

Artist: John Maxon (American, born 1947) Title: Dust Time Year: 1993 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 146/210 Paper: Arches Image size: 26.5 x 39.75 inches Paper size: 31.5 x 44 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent, has never been framed About the artist. Coming from a very western tradition in Wyoming, John Maxon developed an expansive view of nature . Moving eventually to the San Francisco Bay area, John's delight in the effects of light and color led him to the decision to become an artist at the young age of 15. His natural ability was encouraged, and at 16 he began figurative art classes with Howard Brodie, the artist well known for his WWII correspondence, drawings and the Watergate trial drawings. Education San Francisco Art Institute B.A., Painting, San Jose State University M.F.A., Painting, University of California, Davis Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Cabrillo College, Aptos, California Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 Gallery Panza Verde – Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala 2015 Desert Art Collection - Palm Desert California 2015 Galeria Antigua – Antigua, Guatemala 2014 Galeria Panza Verde – Antigua, Guatemala 2008 Linda Durnell Gallery – Los Gatos, California 2006 Linda Durnell Gallery – Los Gatos, California 2005 Robert Allen Fine Art Gallery – Sausalito, California 2004 Ellis West Gallery – Durango, Colorado 2002 Ellis West Gallery – Durango, Colorado 2001 Robert Allen Fine Art Gallery – Sausalito, California 1997 Stanford University Faculty Club – Stanford, California Selected Group Exhibitions 2018 Chemers Art Gallery – Los Angeles, California 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017 & 2018 Robert Allen Fine Art – Sausalito, California 2017 Christopher Hill Gallery - St Helena, California 2013 / 19 Gallery North - Carmel, California 2015 Desert Art Collection - Palm Desert, California 2014 Paul Scott Gallery - Bend, Oregon 2014 Christopher Hill Gallery Healdsberg, California 2013 Firehouse Art Center - Pleasanton, Ca. 2013 2011 - 2013 Robert Allen Fine Art – Sausalito, California 2010 - 2012 Susan Street Gallery – Solano Beach, California 2010 (Awarded 1st place) and 2012 “Contemporary Landscape Painters of California” – Awarded 1st Place 2011 - 2012 Salisbury Fine Art – Avila Beach, California 2010 Bryant Street Gallery – Palo Alto, California 2009 Museum Art and History – Santa Cruz, California 2008 Cabrillo College – Aptos, California 2006 Christopher Hill Gallery – St. Helena, California 2005 Fort Lewis College – Durango, Colorado 2001 St. Supery Winery & Fine Art Gallery, Napa California 2001 Napa Valley Wine Auction – St. Helena, California 1997 West Coast Painting and Sculpture – Ocean Side, California 1997 Wolk Gallery – St. Helena, California Selected Museum Collections Interior Museum, Department of the Interior, Washington D. C. Santa Cruz County Art Museum – Santa Cruz, California University of California – Berkeley, California University of California – Davis, California Napa Valley Art...

Ranchos Winter by American impressionist Robert Daughter shows two women approaching the pueblo with the sun reflecting off the sides of the buildin...

This artwork titled "Cherish One" 1992 is an original color serigraph on heavy Coventry paper by noted American artist Donald (Don) Hatfield, b.1947. It is hand signed and numbered 3...

Original La Baule le Midi de le Bretagne, small format vintage French travel poster. Plage de Sable Fin: 20 Clubs de Culture Physique. Tennis: 50 Courts; Casino, Golf sur le Pouliguen. Printed in Paris. Professional acid-free archival linen backed, mint condition, ready to frame. Jean-Denis Malclès - with accent marks. Paris Boasting France’s longest beach, running no less than eight kilometers, La Baule is an ever-popular destination for seaside amusements. Here, its 20 health clubs, 50 tennis courts, casino, and golf courses are promoted below while a fantasy world of costumed dandies, curvaceous sunbathers, equestriennes, theatrical performers, and the general haute monde wander the perfectly-preened paths along the shore. This La Baule - de la Bretagne is an Original Vintage Poster, not a reproduction. This poster is conservation-mounted, linen-backed, and in excellent condition. The artist is also known for his famous French Beauty and the Beast poster...

Original American Airlines San Francisco vintage travel poster. Artist: Dong Kingman, 1970s linen-backed authentic travel poster, ready to frame. Grade A- condition. Size 20...

Artist: Harold Altman (American, 1924-2003) Title: Parc Monceau, Paris Year: c.1985 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Inscribed H.C. (Hors Commerce) ...

This artwork titled "Brothers" 1991 is an original color serigraph on heavy Coventry paper by noted American artist Donald (Don) Hatfield, b.1947. It is hand signed and numbered 115/...

Artist: Harold Altman (American, 1924-2003) Title: Sunday, Central Park Year: c. 1985 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 56/285 in pencil Paper: Wove Image size: 17.5...

This artwork titled "Family Reunion" 1992 is an original color serigraph on heavy Coventry paper by noted American artist Donald (Don) Hatfield, b.1947....

Artist: Harold Altman (American, 1924-2003) Title: November 1981 III (Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris) Year: 1981 Medium: Original color lithograph Edition: Inscribed "Artist Proof" in pencil Paper: Arches Image size: 7.75 x 11.70 inches Framed size: 18.65 x 22.5 inches Signature: Hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Custom framed in a wooden silver frame frame, with light light grey matting and brownish green fillet. About the artist. Print...

This artwork titled "Verdes, Loire et Cher, France" is an original lithograph by American artist Teall (La Verne Teall) Messer, 1897-1977. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 36/40 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 10.65 x 13.65 inches, the sheet size is 14 x 21.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age of this piece. About the artist: Born in Dixon Illinois in 1897, Teall Messer dropped the name Lavern as soon as he came "of age". He went to New York to be an artist and intellectual. He hung out with the playwrights of the time and ended up with an award from the Rockefellers to go to Paris and study painting. This was in the 1920's. He stayed for several years in Paris being the stereotypical American painter there. He had contact with at least some of the famous painters and shared a studio with Alexander Calder. One story was that he and Alexander were dating two French sisters. The girls' mother told them to drop the Americans as they would never make much money. That was true for Teall, not so for Calder. He also knew Brancusi well enough to have a signed sketch dedicated "á Teall Messer avec amour". He knew Gertrude Stein well enough to heartily dislike her, considering her a phony. In France Teall married a member of the Byrd...