Bernard Berthois-Rigal

Surrealist Aquatint by Bernard Berthois-Rigal, Custom Frame

c. 1970s-1980s

James Rosenquist (1933 - 2017) Swing Screen, 1979 Etching and aquatint (two state) Sight: 17 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (image) Framed: 30 1/2 x 59 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. Edition 21/78 Inscribed, signed, numbered bottom James Rosenquist was born in 1933 at Grand Forks, North Dakota. His family moved to Minneapolis in 1944. In 1948, he began his studies of art at the Minneapolis Art Institute. In 1953, he continued his studies of painting at the University of Minnesota. In 1955 he had a scholarship to go to the Art Students' League, New York, where he met Robert Indiana. During this period, he painted small format abstract paintings and worked part-time as a driver. In 1957 he met Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. In 1959 he was at the same drawing class as Claes Oldenburg and was made "head painter" by the Artcraft Strauss Corporation. He married the textile designer Mary Lou Adams. During the election he produced the picture President Elect in which John F. Kennedy's face is combined in a kind of collage with sex and automobile imagery. His first one-man exhibition in the Green Gallery, in 1962, was sold out. In 1963 he worked on several sculptures, had a number of exhibitions at the Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, showed his work at the Dwan Gallery...

Lanny Lasky (1923-2011) Untitled, c. 1970s Print (lithograph?) Sight: 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (image) Framed: 30 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower right, numbered lower left: 113/120 Lasky was as passionate about making art accessible to all as she was about creating it. She devoted much of her time to art education — as an education director for the Hudson River Museum, at the Lincoln Center Institute and the Bronx Council on the Arts. She was a consultant to the New York State Council on the Arts and the Connecticut State Department of Education and worked in many capacities, including director at the Museum of Modern Art’s education department from 1986 to 2001. Lasky brought art to countless Riverdale children and senior citizens through her work with Riverdale Neighborhood House. “Throughout her life she was always committed to her work as an artist, but she was also seriously committed to art education and that was important,” her son, Michael Lasky, said. “She worked toward innovative art programs and had the kids paint...

Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) Untitled, Late 20th Century Woodcut Framed: 32 x 24 1/4 x 1/4 in. Edition 26/50 Signed and numbered lower right A highly respected draftsman, printmaker, ...

Emilio Sanchez Puerta en San Juan, c. 1965 Lithograph Image: 21 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. Sheet: 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. Framed: 29 1/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 in. Edition 17 of 50 Numbered, titled, and si...

Etching/Aquatint by Alfred Gockel. Limited Edition Etching with Aquatint, 44/50. 37 in x 30 in, Framed. Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity. Image is in Excellen...

Etching realized by Fifo Stricker in 1980s. Image dimension: 21.5x17 Edition of 19/25 Excellent condition.

Transhumante Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian (1925–2017) Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 44/80 Size: 42.5 x 28 in. (107.95 x 71.12 cm)

Etching realized by Fifo Stricker in 1980s. Image dimension: 21.5x17 Edition of 13/25 Excellent condition.