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Georg Baselitz, Der Berg - Signed Print from 1993, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Hamburg, DE
Georg Baselitz (German, b. 1938) Der Berg, 1991/93 Medium: Color offset print Dimensions: 100x 63.5 cm Edition size: Undisclosed (presumably 100-200) Markings: Hand-signed and dated ...
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20th Century Abstract More Prints

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Offset

Tete de Veau (Calf's Head)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Tete de Veau (Calf's Head) Drypoint etching and watercolor from 1968. The edition 25/145. Dimensions of work: 38.5 x 28.5 cm. Hand signed. The work i...
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1960s Modern More Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

La Mort de Marat
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - La Mort de Marat Lithograph from 1977. The edition of 103/150. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. The work...
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1970s Expressionist More Prints

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Lithograph

‘B’ from ‘Hockney’s Alphabet’
Located in Dubai, Dubai
By David Hockney These lithographs are taken from the special edition of Hockney's Alphabet, which is signed on the justification page by David Hockney and Stephen Spender. A copy o...
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1990s Contemporary More Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Le Carmen des Carmen
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Carmen des Carmen Portfolio with three aquatints (one with etching), one drypoint, and one lithograph, plus 91 collotypes after drawings from 1968. T...
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1960s Modern More Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Tradition, Surrealist Screenprint by Israel Rubinstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Israel Rubinstein (1944 - ) Date: 1980 Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 350 Image Size: 38.5 x 25.5 inches Size: 47 x 38 in. (119.38 x 96.52 cm)"
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1980s Surrealist More Prints

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Screen

The Lighthouse - Mandela, Former South African President, Signed, Robben Island
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Nelson Mandela, The Lighthouse, Signed Limited Edition Lithograph Many people are unaware that Nelson Mandela turned his hand to art in his 80's as a way of leaving a legacy for his family. He spent time with an art tutor and learnt to draw. In 2002, when creating the The Lighthouse print...
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

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Lithograph

Le Buste (The Bust)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Buste (The Bust) Drypoint etching with roulette from 1969. The edition 142/145. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Pierre Arg...
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1970s Surrealist More Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Tracey Emin, My Heart is With You Always Framed textile signed and inscribed tag
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin My Heart is With You Always, framed with hand signed and inscribed tag, 2015 Embroidered Linen Handkerchief, Hand Signed, dated and Inscribed in Ink on attached tag Signe...
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2010s Contemporary More Prints

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Linen, Thread, Ink, Mixed Media

Dangerous Liaisons: Yellow, red, Tiffany blue abstract print with poetry
Located in New York, NY
Touched by the influence of Andy Warhol, champion of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard served as enfant terrible of the 1980s New York art scene. In this abstract painted composition, Ricard combines expressive poetry with vibrant color. A bright yellow forms the background for two rounded rectangles printed...
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1990s Contemporary More Prints

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Lithograph

Spoonbill "Platalea leucorodia": An 18th Century Hand-colored Nozeman Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This a rare 18th century hand-colored large folio-sized copperplate engraving entitled "Platalea leucorodia" (Spoonbill) by Cornelius Nozeman in volume II of his publication 'Nederlandsche Vogelen', engraved by Christiaan Sepp or his son Jan Christiaan Sepp, published in Amsterdam in 1770. This engraving depicts a Platalea leucorodia Spoonbill, a large bird that lives mainly in Europe, Asia and Africa. It commonly migrates long distances on thermal air currents from the colder Northern European climates to Sub-Saharan Africa in the winter, sometimes as far long as Finland to South Africa. The Asian black stork...
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1780s Naturalistic More Prints

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Engraving

Richard Anuszkiewicz, Six Squares - Signed Screen Print from 1969, Op Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930–2020) Six Squares, 1969 Medium: Screenprint on card Dimensions: 64 x 94 cm (25 x 37 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil
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20th Century Abstract Geometric More Prints

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Screen

Agrà su Nero - 20th Century - Sante Monachesi - Lithograph - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Agrà Nero su Nero is a colored serigraph on paper realized by the Italian artist Sante Monachesi and published by Euromuseum Editore, Ancona. Signed in pencil on the lower margin, t...
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1970s Contemporary More Prints

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Lithograph

"Statue of Liberty" silkscreen on paper by artist Peter Max from edition of 300
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Statue of Liberty" unframed silkscreen on paper by artist Peter Max. Numbered 177/300 on front lower left corner and signed "Max" in front lower righ...
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1990s Pop Art More Prints

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Screen

The New Glory Penny, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: The New Glory Penny from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1963 (1997) Medium: Screenprint (unsigned) Edition size: 395 Image S...
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1960s Pop Art More Prints

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Screen

Washington Square Hotel (larger size print unframed)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Stephen Magsig's prints are all sold UNFRAMED. Small image size generally 13x11" paper size 18x15" Larger image size generally 24x20" paper size 29x24" All prints are sold UNFRAMED....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

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Archival Paper, Digital

Walnut - Original Mezzotint by Yozo Hamaguchi - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Walnut is an original mezantint on paper realized in 1979 by the Japanese artist Yozo Hamaguchi. The artwork is hand- signed by the artist in pencil on lower right. Dedicated with a...
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1970s More Prints

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Mezzotint

Peter Max "Geometric #2" Vibrant 1976 Signed Lithograph, Limited Edition
Located in Miami, FL
PETER MAX – "GEOMETRIC #2" ⚜ Lithograph on Paper ⚜ Hand signed lower right ⚜ Framed AN ICONIC GEOMETRIC STUDY BY PETER MAX "Geometric #2" (1976) captures Peter Max’s signature use o...
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1970s Pop Art More Prints

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Lithograph

Act III, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet” - Lithograph - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Act III, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet”  is an artwork realized in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated in plate on the lower right  margin. Perfect conditions. P...
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1970s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

The Blue Rider
Located in San Francisco, CA
Max Papart (1911-1994) "The Blue Rider" Original Etching with Aquatint, circa 1973 This is a rare artist proof. The artist proof is pencil signed and titled by the artist. The regu...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract More Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Clare Halifax, Cambridge Market, Limited Edition Print, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Clare Halifax Cambridge Market Limited Edition Print Silkscreen Print on Paper Edition of 75 Image Size: H 12cm x W 25cm Sheet Size: H 22cm x W 31cm Signed Sold Unframed Please note that any insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Cambridge Market is a limited edition print by Clare Halifax. It is a three colour silkscreen print depicting Cambridge. Clare Halifax graduated from the University of Loughborough in 2000 with a BA Hons in Printed Textile design and went on to sell her work internationally to the fashion and interior markets...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

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Paper, Screen

Study of Turnstones.
Located in New York, NY
Frank Benson made this drypoint in 1928. The second state of two. A scarce print with no recorded printings of the second state - presumably, at least two were printed. The image size is 4 7/8 x 5 7/8" (12.4 x 14.9 cm). #282 in the Frank W. Benson catalogue raisonne by Adam Paff. Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951), well known for his American impressionist paintings, produced an incredible body of prints - etchings, drypoints, and a few lithographs. Born and raised on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Benson, a natural outdoorsman, grew up sailing, fishing, and hunting. While a teenager his fascination with drawing and birding developed simultaneously and continued throughout his life. His first art instruction was with Otto Grundman at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then in 1883 in Paris at the Academie Julian where he studied the rigorous ‘ecole des beaux arts’ approach to drawing and painting for two years. During the early 1880’s Seymour Haden visited Boston giving a series of lectures on etching. This introduction to the European etching...
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Early 20th Century American Realist More Prints

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Drypoint

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche III
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche III Lithograph from 1973. Edition 6/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpen...
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1970s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Shepard Fairey ICE-T OG Blue Screenprint Contemporary Street Rap Art Obey Giant
Located in Draper, UT
Baby Blue Edition Edition Details: Year: 2016 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 11/15/16 Run: 103/300 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Cream Speckle Tone paper with gold metallic Inks. Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Numbered in pencil by the artist's Shepard Fairey, ICE-T & Glen Friedman...
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2010s Street Art More Prints

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Screen

Bad Boys
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this screenprint on BFK Rives wove paper. One of 7 numbered artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 30. Signed, dated, inscribed "AP" and numbered 5/7 in...
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1980s Contemporary More Prints

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Screen

Plate 7, from Derriere Le Miroir #141 (Stabiles)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Plate 7 Portfolio: Derriere Le Miroir #141 (Stabiles) Medium: Lithograph Date: 1963 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 15" x 22" Image Size: 15" x 22" Si...
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1960s Abstract More Prints

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Lithograph

The Eiffel Tower and the highway, Tokyo
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - The Eiffel Tower and the highway, Tokyo Lithograph from 1981. Artsit's edition. On Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 53.5 x 39 cm. Hand signed. The...
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1980s Expressionist More Prints

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Lithograph

The Sodomites - Woodcut print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Sodomites - Hell Plate 19 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited e...
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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Woodcut

Ottokar Mascha Folio, plate 9: "Darmstadt Poster"by Joseph Maria Olbricht
By Joseph Maria Olbrich
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After JOSEPH MARIA OLBRICHT (1867-1908) DARMSTADT POSTER, 1901, (In Mascha, no. 9) One of the founding members of the Vienna Secession and a highly esteemed architect, Olbricht was c...
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1910s Vienna Secession More Prints

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Lithograph

Southern Greece: A Large 17th Century Hand-colored Map By Sanson and Jaillot
Located in Alamo, CA
This large original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of southern Greece and the Pelopponese Peninsula entitled "La Moree Et Les Isles De Zante, Cefalonie, Ste. Marie, Cerigo & C...
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1690s More Prints

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Engraving

La Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees, Old Masters Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - La Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees (B232), Year: 1878 (of original 1648), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 5 x 6...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters More Prints

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Etching

Pablo Picasso Christian Zervos 33 Volume Books
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christian Zervos. Pablo Picasso. Œuvres de 1895 à [1972]. Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'Art, 1949-1986. 33 volumes in 34 (volume 2 in two parts), small folio (325 x 252 mm.), numerous p...
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1950s Surrealist More Prints

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Offset

Nara Girl Banging On A Drum With Limited Edition Sticker Set Pop Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
Banging the Drum DETAILS 27 x 17 inches (unframed), 2020 Offset lithograph 80# Classic Linen Solar White Cover
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2010s Pop Art More Prints

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Lithograph

Nude
Located in New York, NY
Pencil signed and numbered 115/200 in pencil on lower edge. Published by Original Editions, New York. From 11 Pop Artists, Volume II. A spectacular, colorful image, and a Pop Art m...
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1960s Pop Art More Prints

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Screen, Color

Gestural, Abstract, Composition (Composición, in Green/Blue Spain, Catalonia)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Composición, (in Green/Blue) Color etching year: 1980 signed by hand, dated and inscribed Edtion: H.C. Size: 12.3 × 24.8 on 33.3 × 27.3 inches COA provided Joan Hernández Pijuan’s l...
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1980s Minimalist More Prints

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Etching

ICES Vivid Lime Green, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Vivid Lime Green, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex c...
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2010s Pop Art More Prints

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Greenwich Window I
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Joanna Irvin Greenwich Window 1 Etching A/P Image: 15 x 10 Mount 27.0 x 22.0 cm Joanna Irvin - Joanna was born in Aberdeen and spent her childhood in Scotland and Ireland. She stud...
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2010s More Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Gossip
Located in Kansas City, MO
In the style of Barry McGee Lithograph Edition: 4/6 Signed, numbered, dated and inscribed by the artist Size: 15 x 22 inches Barry McGee was born in 1966 in San Francisco, Californi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

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Lithograph

Intelligence of a Three Year Old
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Squeak Carnwath American (1947- ) Title: Intelligence of a Three Year Old Date: 1997 Media: Color Sugarlift And Soapground Aquatint With Hardground, Scrape And Burnish Dimen...
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1990s Contemporary More Prints

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Two Britany Spaniel Heads Leon Danchin etching signed
Located in Paonia, CO
Two Britany Spaniel Heads by Leon Danchin is a hand signed limited edition etching published in France and is in very good condition. The paper is slightly wavey which can be fl...
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20th Century Realist More Prints

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Etching

Sill Life - Original Lithograph by Ivo Pannaggi - 1975 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 54 x 40 cm. Still Life is a beautiful and rare lithograph realized by the artist Ivo Pannaggi in a circulation of 100 copies around 197...
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1970s Futurist More Prints

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Lithograph

Original Bing Crosby Personality Poster-Parmount Films vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Bing Crosby Paramount Films vintage personality poster. Archival linen-backed and ready to frame. There is some foxing along the original fold marks; otherwise, this poster ...
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1940s American Realist More Prints

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Lithograph

In White with Green Stripe
Located in London, GB
Rober Motherwell In White with Green Stripe 1987 Lithograph, relief print, embossing and collage 86.4 x 61 cms (34 x 24 ins)
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1980s Abstract Expressionist More Prints

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Lithograph

A View at Bolcheretzko (Russia) 1784 Captains Cook Final Voyage by John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A View at Bolcheretzko (Russia) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook.John Webber (1752-1793) was ...
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1780s Realist More Prints

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Engraving

White Hamburgh Grape: A Framed 19th C. Color Engraving by George Brookshaw
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 19th century colored aquatint and stipple engraving finished by hand entitled "White Hamburgh Grape", drawn and engraved by George Brookshaw and published in London in 1812 as plate 60 in his 'Pomona Britannica; or, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits'. It depicts a cluster of pale green grapes still on the vine. The vine and leaves are shown in attractive shades of green and brown. The plant lays on a brown textured background with shadows to impart 3-dimensionality. The scene is reminiscent of an engraving in an 18th century artistically stylized human anatomy atlas. There is a light brown title rectangle in the lower center which is blank, suggesting this may be a more rare preproduction proof. There are wide white margins. This striking engraving is presented in a reddish brown decorative wood frame with a darker brown scroll-work outer trim and a gold-colored inner fillet and a thick light beige mat. The frame measures 26" high, 22" wide and 1.13" deep. It is glazed with UV conservation glass. There is a tiny spot in the lower margin on the left and another in the left margin. The print and frame are otherwise in excellent condition. There is a second Brookshaw engraving that is framed in identical moulding, although a slightly different size and a different color mat. It depicts a Silver Rock Melon. The two prints would make a striking display pairing...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic More Prints

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Engraving, Aquatint

Untitled / - The archaism of nature -
Located in Berlin, DE
Jorge Machold (1940 Chemnitz - 2015 Berlin), Untitled, 1973. Color etching, 41.5 x 29.2 cm (plate size), 49.5 cm x 39.5 cm (sheet size), signed lower right in lead “J.[orge] Machold”...
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1970s Abstract More Prints

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Paper

Dogman and Indian
Located in Lyons, CO
Hand colored lithograph/painted frame, Edition30 Roy De Forest was one of the preeminent artists of the California Bay area. Usually associated with the "Funk" art movement, De Forest, with appealing irreverence, mades paintings, drawings and sculpture of a wild world of weird humans and amazing beady-eyed dogs. De Forest made three prints at Shark's; his first a woodcut, "Van Gogh in the Tropics" in 1999, "Ode to Rin Tin Tin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

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Lithograph

He Repeated the Letters of the Alphabet
Located in Missouri, MO
Sister Mary Corita Kent (American, 1918-1986) He Repeated the Letters of the Alphabet... Color Screenprint 22.5 x 38.75 inches Signed Lower Right Sister Mary Corita Kent, once the n...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern More Prints

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Color, Screen

MOUNTAIN LIFT Signed Lithograph, Surreal Mini Landscape, Lasso Rope, Blue Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
MOUNTAIN LIFT is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival A...
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1990s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Put out all Flags
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on German Etching paper 53.3 x 73.7 cms (21 x 29 ins) Edition of 50
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1980s Abstract More Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Bob Marley 40th 1 Soul Rebel Signed & Numbered Letterpress OBEY Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
This letterpress set in collaboration with photographer Dennis Morris commemorates the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley's passing. The series represents the amazing breadth of Marley's...
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2010s Contemporary More Prints

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Screen

Venus, Surrealist Etching with Aquatint by Sergio Gonzales-Tornero
Located in Long Island City, NY
Venus Sergio Gonzales-Tornero, Chilean (1927) Date: 1968 Etching with Aquatint, signed, numbered, dated and titled in pencil Edition of 36/100 Image Size: 24 x 15.75 inches Size: 30 ...
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1960s More Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Chrome Green
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on Arches. Signed, dated and numbered 125/150 in pencil by Gottlieb. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with the ink stamp verso. Publ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist More Prints

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Color, Screen

Bright Vibrant Pop Art Silkscreen Lithograph Print NYC Abstract Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Red Angel, intensely and seductively colored: swooning purples and reds, ecstatic lemon yellows, and black construction paper. Jostling shapes, geometric and biomorphic, lyrical and ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist More Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Meeting of Jacob and Rachel at the well
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Meeting of Jacob and Rachel at the well Etching from 1958. Edition of 100 Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 52 x 37 cm. Han...
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1950s Modern More Prints

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Etching

Et is avait en sa main droite sept étoiles - Litho by O. Redon - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
"Et is avait en sa main droite sept étoiles" is an original black and white lithograph realized by Odilon Redon in 1899. The artwork is the no.1 Illustration of the “Apocalypse de S...
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1890s Symbolist More Prints

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Lithograph

Campbell's, King's Lynn - British Architecture Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Campbell's Soup, the iconic architecture of the UK factory, photograph by Richard Heeps. Printed full frame presented with the Kodak film border, first executed in Richard's darkroom...
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Steve Kaufman "Abraham Lincoln" 1990 Artist Proof Serigraph, Hand Signed Verso
Located in Miami, FL
STEVE KAUFMAN – "ABRAHAM LINCOLN" ⚜ Serigraph on Canvas ⚜ Initialed Verso ⚜ Edition 48/50 AP ⚜ Black Float Frame VIBRANT POP ICONOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN LEGEND This bold 1990 serigra...
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1990s Pop Art More Prints

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Screen, Canvas

Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Reference: Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962. VOLUME II. Condition : Excellent Marc Chagall (born in 1887) Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887 and developed an early interest in art. After studying painting, in 1907 he left Russia for Paris, where he lived in an artist colony on the city’s outskirts. Fusing his own personal, dreamlike imagery with hints of the fauvism and cubism popular in France at the time, Chagall created his most lasting work—including I and the Village (1911)—some of which would be featured in the Salon des Indépendants exhibitions. After returning to Vitebsk for a visit in 1914, the outbreak of WWI trapped Chagall in Russia. He returned to France in 1923 but was forced to flee the country and Nazi persecution during WWII. Finding asylum in the U.S., Chagall became involved in set and costume design before returning to France in 1948. In his later years, he experimented with new art forms and was commissioned to produce numerous large-scale works. Chagall died in St.-Paul-de-Vence in 1985. The Village Marc Chagall was born in a small Hassidic community on the outskirts of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His father was a fishmonger, and his mother ran a small sundries shop in the village. As a child, Chagall attended the Jewish elementary school, where he studied Hebrew and the Bible, before later attending the Russian public school. He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would feature largely in most of his later work. At age 19 Chagall enrolled at a private, all-Jewish art school and began his formal education in painting, studying briefly with portrait artist Yehuda Pen. However, he left the school after several months, moving to St. Petersburg in 1907 to study at the Imperial Society for the Protection of Fine Arts. The following year, he enrolled at the Svanseva School, studying with set designer Léon Bakst, whose work had been featured in Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This early experience would prove important to Chagall’s later career as well. Despite this formal instruction, and the widespread popularity of realism in Russia at the time, Chagall was already establishing his own personal style, which featured a more dreamlike unreality and the people, places and imagery that were close to his heart. Some examples from this period are his Window Vitebsk (1908) and My Fianceé with Black Gloves (1909), which pictured Bella Rosenfeld, to whom he had recently become engaged. The Beehive Despite his romance with Bella, in 1911 an allowance from Russian parliament member and art patron Maxim Binaver enabled Chagall to move to Paris, France. After settling briefly in the Montparnasse neighborhood, Chagall moved further afield to an artist colony known as La Ruche (“The Beehive”), where he began to work side by side with abstract painters such as Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger as well as the avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. At their urging, and under the influence of the wildly popular fauvism and cubism, Chagall lightened his palette and pushed his style ever further from reality. I and the Village (1911) and Homage to Apollinaire (1912) are among his early Parisian works, widely considered to be his most successful and representative period. Though his work stood stylistically apart from his cubist contemporaries, from 1912 to 1914 Chagall exhibited several paintings at the annual Salon des Indépendants exhibition, where works by the likes of Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay were causing a stir in the Paris art world. Chagall’s popularity began to spread beyond La Ruche, and in May 1914 he traveled to Berlin to help organize his first solo exhibition, at Der Sturm Gallery. Chagall remained in the city until the highly acclaimed show opened that June. He then returned to Vitebsk, unaware of the fateful events to come. War, Peace and Revolution In August 1914 the outbreak of World War I precluded Chagall’s plans to return to Paris. The conflict did little to stem the flow of his creative output, however, instead merely giving him direct access to the childhood scenes so essential to his work, as seen in paintings such as Jew in Green (1914) and Over Vitebsk (1914). His paintings from this period also occasionally featured images of the war’s impact on the region, as with Wounded Soldier (1914) and Marching (1915). But despite the hardships of life during wartime, this would also prove to be a joyful period for Chagall. In July 1915 he married Bella, and she gave birth to a daughter, Ida, the following year. Their appearance in works such as Birthday (1915), Bella and Ida by the Window (1917) and several of his “Lovers” paintings give a glimpse of the island of domestic bliss that was Chagall’s amidst the chaos. To avoid military service and stay with his new family, Chagall took a position as a clerk in the Ministry of War Economy in St. Petersburg. While there he began work on his autobiography and also immersed himself in the local art scene, befriending novelist Boris Pasternak, among others. He also exhibited his work in the city and soon gained considerable recognition. That notoriety would prove important in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution when he was appointed as the Commissar of Fine Arts in Vitebsk. In his new post, Chagall undertook various projects in the region, including the 1919 founding of the Academy of the Arts. Despite these endeavors, differences among his colleagues eventually disillusioned Chagall. In 1920 he relinquished his position and moved his family to Moscow, the post-revolution capital of Russia. In Moscow, Chagall was soon commissioned to create sets and costumes for various productions at the Moscow State Yiddish Theater...
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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Reclined Nude with Flower - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized to illustrate Pierre Ronsard's "Les Amours de Cassandre". Published by Argillet, Paris, in 1968. Edition of 299 pieces. One of 165 specimen on Arches ...
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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Etching

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