Benton Spruance

Benton Spruance Pencil Signed Lithograph - Shells for the Living

1933

Original lithograph by Charles Keller depicting the subway being built in New York on 6th Avenue in 1937. This print is inscribed lower left: “To W.B.” The print is in excellent con...

Drypoint and engraving by Wisconsin born printmaker Armin Landeck (1905-1984). Titled “Stairhall.” Pencil signed lower right. Full margins. The image measures 11 7/8"h x 14 1/2"w and...

Original lithograph by Mexican artist Emilio Amero (1901 -1976) created 1950. Titled: “Harmonica Blues.” Edition size is 3 of 25. Signed in pencil lower right. In excellent condition. Presents in a 4-ply museum mat. Image size: 9 5/8"h x 12 1/4"w. Born in the village of Ixtlahuaca, in the state of Mexico, Emilio Amero counts Spaniards and Otomi Indians among his ancestors. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Mexico City. In 1911 he began his studies in art at the Academy of San Carlos. He also studied drawing privately with Antonio Gomez, a family friend and well-known newspaper artist. At the academy in 1917, he became acquainted with Diaz de Leon, Rufino Tamayo, Ramon Alva de la Canal, Enrique Ugarte, and Leopoldo Mendez-all students there at the time. Later he joined the open air school in Coyoacan, founded and directed by Alfredo Ramos Martinez...

Wonderful woodblock by Taos artist Howard Cook (1901-1980). Titled: “Giant’s Thumb” (alternate title: Monument Rock).” Edition: 50. Image size: 14"h x 8 1/8"w. Sheet size: 14 1/2"h ...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, Los Angeles - Lithograph on Paper Clean, modern lithograph of the Ennis House in Los Angeles by Frances Myers (American, 1936-2014). The Ennis House sits at the top of a small hill, cutting a strong line against a soft peach-colored sky. Wright's strong sense of balance is highlighted in this composition, with patterns and lines guiding the viewers eye in various directions around the piece. Numbered, titled, signed and dated along the bottom edge: 7/50 Ennis House - Los Angeles Frances Myers 1980 Paper size: 29.5"H x 38"W Print size: 24"H x 32"W Shipped rolled in a tube. Myers was born on April 16, 1936, in Racine, Wisconsin. She began her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute, but soon transferred to the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she earned a BS in 1962, and an MFA in 1965. Myers employed a variety of printmaking techniques in her career including "relief, photo-etching, and mixed media processes." Myers is best known for her prints depicting various buildings. She once said, “I don’t want to invent a building, I want to bring new life to a building.” Growing up in Racine, Myers was exposed to many of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural works, and she paid tribute to this in her 1980 work The Frank Lloyd Wright Print...

Giuseppe Capogrossi ( 1900 - 1972 ) - Composizione - Hand-Signed Lithography, 1965 Additional Information: Material: Lithograph on BFK Rives pape...

A mid-century, stone lithograph titled 'Angel and Harmony' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and with certification o...

Charming detailed lithographs published by Draeger, Paris 1947 for the perfume house Bienaimé. Printed in colours and highlighted in gold and silver on embo...