(after) Pablo Picasso

Untitled (Revue Verve)

1954

Artist: (after) Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Title: "Untitled (Verve No. 29-30)" Portfolio: Verve: Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso (Vol. V...

Artist: Walasse Ting (Chinese-American, 1929-2010) Title: "Galerie Adrien Maeght I (Bleue)" *Issued unsigned Year: 1974 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on wove paper L...

Artist: Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004) Title: "Nude (Lithograph)" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Wesselmann in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph and Screenprint with Embossing on Rives BFK paper Limited edition: 49/75, (there were also 12 artist's proofs) Printer: Styria Studio, New York, NY Publisher: Multiples Inc., New York, NY Reference: "Tom Wesselmann" - Stealingworth page 285; "Synthesis and Tension: Tom Wesselmann's Editions" - Cristea Roberts Gallery No. 9, page 36-37 Sheet size: 22.5" x 30.13" Image size: 13.5" x 23.63" Condition: A superior example in mint condition Rare Notes: Provenance: one owner ever - private collection - Chicago, IL; acquired from van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL in 1979, retaining their original gallery label. This work is also sometimes referred to as "Nude with Rose". Printed in thirty-four colors. Styria Studio chop mark/blind stamp lower right. Multiples Inc. chop mark/blind stamp lower left. Rives BFK watermark lower left. Some pencil inscribed reference numbers on verso. Our example here is in mint condition with strong colors as the day it was printed having been previously archivally framed and properly stored. For reasons unknown, most all examples of "Nude (Lithograph)" that appear today, their colors have greatly attenuated (faded) over the past 45 years. Also, the printer and publisher of this edition are almost always incorrectly defined backwards, as Styria Studios as the publisher and Multiples Inc. as the printer. William (Bill) van Straaten (1937-2013) founded van Straaten Gallery in Chicago in 1969, a contemporary art gallery with an international reputation. He served as president of the Chicago Art Dealers Association. He ran the gallery at 646 North Michigan Avenue for 33 years until 2002. In 2003, van Straaten moved his operations to Steamboat Springs, Colorado establishing Riverhouse Editions, a fine art publisher. In 2008, van Straaten moved to Denver and acquired the Sandy Carson Gallery on Santa Fe Drive, which operated as the van Straaten Gallery for five final years before closing in 2012. Biography: Thomas K. Wesselmann (February 23, 1931 – December 17, 2004) was an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture. Born on February 23, 1931, in Cincinnati, Ohio, cartoonist and collagist Tom Wesselmann eventually moved to New York City to become one of the founding figures of the Pop Art movement, making waves with his "Great American Nude" series. He later became well known for his huge canvas...

Artist: Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004) Title: "Nude (Lithograph)" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Wesselmann in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph and Sc...

Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade)" Portfolio: Nudes *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1970 Medium: Original Lithograph on white Rives paper Limited edition: 104/120 Printer: Desjobert, Paris, France Publisher: E.G.I., Beverly Hills, CA Reference: "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" - Field No. 70-8-D, page 158 Beautifully framed in handmade real gold-leaf moulding with raw silk matting and gold filet Framed size: 30.25" x 38.25" Image size: 20" x 28.25" Condition: Light toning to sheet in margins and some minor handling creases. Some minor cosmetic wear to framing. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Philadelphia, PA. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 1970 "Nudes" portfolio of 8 lithographs from original drawings. Printed in light yellow-brown on pale green panel. Note: We are specialists in Salvador Dali's printmaking oeuvre, having personally worked with his cataloger Albert Field in the 1980's, we unconditionally guarantee all of our examples to be authentic. Biography: Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes...

Artist: Dagmar Mezricky (Czech, 1944-) Title: "Tenderness Gives Rise to Harmony" *Signed, numbered, and dated by Mezricky in pencil lower left Year: 1988 Medium: Original Lithograph...

Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Minotaure aveugle guidé par une Fillette dans la Nuit (after Bloch 225) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using t...

Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Le Viol VII (after Bloch 202) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype halftone screen process by Druck- und Verlag GmbH, 4200 Oberhausen, Germany; lithographically printed by Druck- und Verlag GmbH on japon handmade 200 g/sqm paper by created by Richard de Bas in Ambert, France and imported by Japico Drissler Feinpapiere, Frankfurt, Germany. Paper Size: 18 x 12.75 inches; a size slightly reduced from the original Vollard edition for differentiation Condition: Excellent Inscription: Artist’s signature posthumously lithographically reproduced from the original Vollard edition, and numbered in pencil by the curators of the Municipal Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. 168/300. Notes: Published by Municipal Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany in cooperation with the Society for the Promotion of the museum in 1992 and the Fundación Picasso; printed by Plitt Druck- und Verlag GmbH, 4200 Oberhausen, Germany. The following is a German to English translation of the original text issued by the Municipal Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany in the following from which this graphic is a part, “In order to give a broad public access to this unique print work by Pablo Picasso in its entirety and at the highest quality level, the support group for the city. Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr initiated and significantly supported the new edition of the “Suite Vollard.” The reprint of the "Suite Vollard" includes a limited edition of 300 copies of 100 loose sheets each in a linen cassette. The copies were numbered from 1 to 300 on the leader sheet. The reproductions were produced in grain screen mode, a process in which which eliminates the traditional line grid and achieves maximum originality. The paper was hand-made specifically for this work by Richard de Bas in Ambert, France, one of the most traditional paper mills in Europe. The paper for the original edition also comes from this factory. The quality Blane narcisse, belin, 200 g/sqm was selected and imported from Japico Drissler Feinpapiere, Frankfurt. Reproduction and paper format has been slightly reduced compared to the original edition. The technical development and overall production was carried out by Plitt Druck- und Verlag GmbH, 4200 Oberhausen.” PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Spanish painter and sculptor is one of the most recognized figures of twentieth century art. During his artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works using all kinds of mediums. He changed art more profoundly than any other artist of his time. First famous for pioneering cubism...

Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Minotaure attaquant une Amazone (after Bloch 195) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype half...

Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Sculpteur au Repos avec Modèle démasqué et sa Représentation sculptée (after Bloch 159) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original...

Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Marie-Thérèse considérant son Effigie surréaliste sculptée (after Bloch 187) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition us...

Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Nu à la Draperie (after Bloch 160) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the gr...