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Plan of Louisville, KY. and the Vicinity.

1850

“Hidden Cities I : The Ministry. Second State.” Contemporary artist Peter Milton created this etching and engraving in 2006. The printed image size is Image size 23.50 x 36.88 inches and the paper size is 31 x 42 inches. This impression is signed, dated, and titled in pencil and inscribed “11/75” – the 11th impression from the total printing of 75. “I do love to draw. I feel that I am being granted membership in the Brotherhood of Merlin, conjuring forth some apparition. As a drawing develops, I sense a vague presence coming more and more into focus, something in a white fog emerging and becoming increasingly palpable.” – P. Milton, “The primacy of touch. The Drawings of Peter Milton” “Working in layers, Milton begins with drawings based on people and places, with nods to Western art history and culture. He is a master of the appropriated image, a term that may conjure Andy Warhol and his Pop Art comrades. But Milton steps further back in history, avoiding the Pop sense of cool advertising and popular culture references. Instead, a broader cultural past is tapped through historical photographs of key players, architecture, and locales, which he reinvents by hand. He adds content drawn from his life as an avid reader – always with multiple possible interpretations – thus incorporating deeper meaning in his cinematic worlds. Elements of Greek mythology, classical music, art history, and history coalesce in his images, which embrace the messiness, sorrow, and elation that is life. One is hard-pressed to imagine a more erudite, skilled, passionate, and cheeky soul. In addition to a storied career in printmaking, since 2007 Milton has fearlessly produced artwork digitally. He now creates images using Adobe Photoshop in files consisting of more than two thousand layers, which are printed both as digital prints on paper and, for display on Led light boxes...

NIAGARA Contemporary artist Frederick Mershimer created the mezzotint engraving entitled “Niagara” in 2021. This impression is signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “5/45”- the 5th ...

CROSSINGS Contemporary artist Frederick Mershimer created the mezzotint engraving entitled "Crossings" in 1998. This impression is signed, titled, and dated in pencil. The printed ...

Title continues: Built by Mr. Henry Steers, Greenpoint, L. I. Owned by Mr. James Gordon Bennett, Jr. Winner of the Great Ocean Yacht Race, With the ...

Published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St. New York. Drawn on the stone by O. Knirsch. Lithograph hand-colored, 1853. This print was produced by Nathaniel Currier's staff as a Christ...

UNION POND, WILLIAMSBURGH, L. I. [sic] is a lithograph printed in color in circa 1862. It was published by Thomas & Eno, 37 Park Row, N.Y. The printed image size is 16 3/4 x 27 in...

Original St. Moritz, the 1970s Swiss vintage travel poster ("Suisse Schweiz Switzerland"; "Top of the World") encouraging people to visit ...

Jobs for Fighters. Original post World War 1 vintage poster, linen backed. Artist: Gordon Grant. Printer: United States Department of Labor - United States Employment Service...

Original French vintage travel poster: FRANCE, Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais. Printed in France for and by French National Ra...

Original Come to Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco vintage poster. Come to paradise on earth! A black and white vintage poster for Monte Carlo wi...

Original Stockholm, the City on the Water vintage travel poster. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Very good condition without any stains, no tears, no damage. Contine...

Original Las Vegas, Always Elvis 1978 vintage poster. Linen backed in very good condition, ready to frame. Photography: R. McGregor. This poster was created to promote Elvis ba...