20th Century Nude Prints

Untitled Plate 7 from Paroles Peintes Suite is an etching and aquatint on Japon paper. Hand-signed and hand-numbered in pencil on the lower margin. Edition of 85 prints. Perfect con...

Birthday 3-7-65 Lithograph, 1965 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil (see photos) Edition: 23 Published by ULAE, their chop stamp lower left (see photo) Printed by Ben Berns...

Untitled Plate 4 from Paroles Peintes Suite is an etching with aquatint on Japon paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right; numbered on the lower left in pencil. Edition of 85 ...

Rounded Nude in Red is an original serigraph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated in pencil lower right (Simbari 76). Edition of 90 prints. The artwork represen...

Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: La Negresse Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Year: 1958 Edition: 2000 Sheet Size: 14" x 21" Signature: Unsigned Ref...

This raucous scene by Latin American Surrealist Roberto Matta shows leaping nude figures flying through the air above what look like boulders. Their bodies are warped and stretched a...

After Hans Bellmer (German, 1902-1975) Surrealist engraving, etching after drawings from a 1942 notebook, engraved in 1974-75 by Cecile Reims Printed by L'Atelier de Chalcographie du Louvre, Paris, Having printed monogram lower left in plate, pencil notations verso Editioned from a very small edition of #7/10 and 'Musee du Louvre' blindstamp. Dimensions: Sheet 11 X 7.5, Plate size 6.5 X 4 Hans Bellmer ( 1902 – 1975) was a Polish born German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female sculpture mannequin dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer. Bellmer was born in the city of Kattowitz, then part of the German Empire (now Katowice, Poland). Up until 1926, he worked as a draftsman for his own advertising company. Bellmer is most famous for the creation of a series of dolls as well as photographs of them. He was influenced in his choice of art form in part by reading the published letters of Oskar Kokoschka (Der Fetisch, 1925) and Surrealism. Bellmer's puppet doll project is also said to have been catalysed by a series of events in his personal life. Hans Bellmer takes credit for provoking a physical crisis in his father and brings his own artistic creativity into association with childhood insubordination and resentment toward a severe and humorless paternal authority. Perhaps this is one reason for the nearly universal, unquestioning acceptance in the literature of Bellmer's promotion of his art as a struggle against his father, the police, and ultimately, fascism and the state. Events of his personal life also including meeting a beautiful teenage cousin in 1932 (and perhaps other unattainable beauties), attending a performance of Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann (in which a man falls tragically in love with an automaton), and receiving a box of his old toys. After these events, he began to actually construct his first dolls. In his works, Bellmer explicitly sexualized the doll as a young girl (his work bears connection to the works of Bathus). Hirschfeld has claimed (without further argumentation) that Bellmer initiated his doll project to oppose the fascism of the Nazi Party by declaring that he would make no work that would support the new German state. Represented by mutated forms and unconventional poses, his dolls (according to this view) were directed specifically at the cult of the perfect body then prominent in Germany. He visited Paris in 1935 and made contacts there, such as Paul Éluard, but returned to Berlin because his wife Margarete was dying of tuberculosis. He was part of the circle of Surrealist luminaries such as Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, André Masson, René Magritte, Alberto Giacometti and Salvador Dali as well as women artists—such as Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Tanning and Leonora Carrington. Bellmer produced the first doll in Berlin in 1933. Long since lost, the assemblage can nevertheless be correctly described thanks to approximately two dozen photographs Bellmer took at the time of its construction. Standing about fifty-six inches tall, the doll consisted of a modeled torso made of flax fiber, glue, and plaster; a mask-like head of the same material with glass eyes and a long, unkempt wig; and a pair of legs made from broomsticks or dowel rods. One of these legs terminated in a wooden, club-like foot; the other was encased in a more naturalistic plaster shell, jointed at the knee and ankle. As the project progressed, Bellmer made a second set of hollow plaster legs, with wooden ball joints for the doll's hips and knees. There were no arms to the first sculpture, but Bellmer did fashion or find a single wooden hand, which appears among the assortment of doll parts the artist documented in an untitled photograph of 1934, as well as in several photographs of later work. Bellmer's 1934 anonymous book, The Doll (Die Puppe), produced and published privately in Germany, contains 10 black-and-white photographs of Bellmer's first doll arranged in a series of "tableaux vivants" (living pictures). The book was not credited to him, as he worked in isolation, and his photographs remained almost unknown in Germany. Yet Bellmer's work was eventually declared "degenerate" (entartete kunst) by the Nazi Party, and he was forced to flee Germany to France in 1938, where Bellmer's work was welcomed by the Surrealists around Andre Breton. He aided the French Resistance during the war by making fake passports. He was imprisoned in the Camp des Milles prison at Aix-en-Provence, a brickworks camp for German nationals, from September 1939 until the end of the Phoney War in May 1940. After the war, Bellmer lived the rest of his life in Paris. Bellmer gave up doll-making and spent the following decades creating erotic drawings, etchings, sexually explicit photographs, paintings, and prints of pubescent girls. In 1954, he met Unica Zürn...

The Cathedral is a Lithograph realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in the 1970s. The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent. Hand-signed. Artist's...

Reclined Nude is an etching and drypoint on ivory-colored paper realized by Valér Ferenczy in the 1930s. Hand-signed by pencil on the lower right. Good conditions with foxing and ...

Woman With Horse is an artwork realized by Enzo Assenza. Print in lithograph technique. Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on the lower right corner. ...

The Dance is an original etching realized by Louis Jou in the Early 20th Century. Monogrammed on the lower. Good conditions with some foxing. Louis Jou (Gracia, 1882 - Baux, 1968), the twentieth-century etcher and wood engraver, was a prolific illustrator of a large number of books in France, authored by big names like Andre Gide...

Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue "Liebe" (Dear), Text in German on the plate, The drawing created unusually bold erotic subjects through deft strokes. Good conditions. Mihály Zichy...

"Kate Moss 7. Bronze & Green" Photography 56x40 in Ed. 1/1 by Kate Garner Hahnemuhle fine art archival paper Not framed. Ships in a tube. Kate Garner: Seeker, Sage, and Preservat...

Untitled Etching from Paroles Peintes Suite is a wonderful limited edition print. Etching with aquatint on Japon paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right; numbered on the lowe...

Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Original lithograph Title: Hagar in the Desert Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible From VERVE, Vol. X, Nos. 37 and 38. ...

Image dimensions: 29 x 27.5 cm. Black and White Nudes is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the second half of XX century. Black and white etching. Hand-signed by the...

Artist: Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986) Title: Les Poetes, La Poesie, Front Page Year: 1976 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: 110 Paper: Arches Paper...

Lovers is an original colored lithograph realized by the artist Roger Chapelain-Midy in the 1970s. Hand-signed by the artist on lower right. Numbered on lower left. Edition 16/100. ...

Inidio d'Anno (Beginning of the Year) is a beautiful etching realized by the italian artist Emilio Greco in 1973. Hand signed and numbered. Edition 11/90. Very good conditions. Em...

Nude is a fine lithograph on paper, realized by the Italian artist Pericle Fazzini in 1958. The print depicts a female nude posing. Hand signed and d...

Woman from Shoulders is an etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Giacomo Porzano (1925-2006). Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered edition, 2/20. In good condition ...

Eugene Hamm Poster is an original print artwork on paper realized by Eugene Hamm. Original Lithograph realized as cover of the suite "Vorstadt-Brodel", published in 1922.. Good con...

Kool Aid Jamaican Sand Piece, Colette (aka Colette Justine) Tunisian/American (1952) Date: 1978 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 200, AP 3...

The Three Graces is an original etching and aquatint realized by Leo Guida in 1989. Good condition. Mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (50x35). Dated and signed by the autho...

Reclined Nude is an original etching on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and hist...

Sybil is an original artwork realized in 1971 by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original etching on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed on the lower right ...

Intriguing modern figurative print with fantastical animals and a nude female figure with a blue cast in the foreground by artist and printmaker Robert R. Mal...

Ex Libris - Ernest Monteux is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten in 1930s. Hand signed on the lower margin. Numbered on the left corner, ex. 149/150 Good conditions. Mi...

Vintage offset print, from "Valentina" to "O", in a vintage poster realized in 1976 after Guido Crepax., in occasion of his exhibition at Galleria Rondanini, Rome.  Very Good condit...

Salvador Dali - Girl on Rhinoceros Horn - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum Signed in the plate References : Fi...

Nude is an original etching on cardboard realized in 1983 by Andrea Biniglio. Hand-signed lower right in pencil. Artist's Proof. Good conditions. The artwork represents a lying nu...

Female Figure with Hat is an original modern artwork realized by the French artist Jean Hippolyte Marchand in the 1920s. Original Lithograph on ivory paper. Passepartout included (...

Young Girl Posing Beneath Chandelier is an original hand drawn stone lithograph attributed to the American Pop artist Mel Ramos, printed by hand at Bank Street Atelier NYC (the New York branch of the renowned lithographic printshop Atelier Mourlot Paris, France) circa 1970 using opaque slate blue ink on Buff color ARCHES paper 100% acid free. Young Girl Posing Beneath Chandelier portrays a topless young girl, eyes closed, wearing a floppy hat, striking a pose on the lower portion of the composition with a silhouetted image of a chandelier positioned at the very top. Print size - 16.5 x 12 inches, Image size - 10 x 9.5 in., unframed, excellent condition, rare unsigned Printers Proof/trial proof from an unknown early edition, fine hand printed impression Historic Note on Bank Street Atelier - Bank Street Atelier was founded in 1969 by George J. Goodstadt (Fine Arts Publisher) along with Jacques Mourlot, third generation of the famous Mourlot print shop in Paris, France. Bank Street Atelier became one of the premier lithography print studios in NYC at that time and became a major graphic center, which attracted many of the Modern American Masters of the 1970’s, including Alexander Calder, Willem deKooning, Red Grooms, Al Hirschfeld, Ellsworth Kelly, Romare Bearden, Fairfield Porter, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Alex Katz and many more. The resulting prints were produced with the highest quality and earned a reputation in the art world for professionalism and excellence in lithographic printmaking. About the artist - Mel Ramos(1935 - 2018, California) Mel Ramos is an American Pop artist best known for his female nudes painted alongside brand logos. The artist’s coupling of women with familiar products like martini glasses and bananas serves as a commentary on the ways in which capitalism has employed the female body. “I make sure that my pictures are not too erotic and that they always have a trace of humor,” he said of his work. “I make sure they are ‘in good taste.’ Either you understand it or not.” Born on July 24, 1935 in Sacramento, CA, Ramos like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, found inspiration through the comic books Wonder Woman and Superman growing up and later pinup posters...

Queen of Cups is an etching realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981) in the 1970s. The state of preservation of the artwork is good. H...

King of Coins is an etching realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981) in the 1970s. The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Hand-signed. Numbered, editio...

Femme aux Cheveaux Rouge II by Daniel Riberzani, French (1942) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 300, AP 45 Image Size: 17.5 x 21.5 inches Size: ...

The Smoking Girl is an etching realized by Edouard Chimot in the 1930s. Signed on the plate by the artist on the lower right corner. Good conditions. Édouard Chimot (26 November 1...

Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces.

Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints plus 5 prints in Roman Numerals. From the portfolio: "Dieci Litografie (Numerus, Mensura, Pondus)". Very rare print in perfect conditions. This a...

This color lithograph printed in 2011, Magie noire (Black Magic), by the Surrealist artist, René Magritte, is number 16 in an edition of 275. Facsimile sig...

La Première Conscience Du Chaos is a lithograph realized after Odilon Redon. It belongs to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 19...

A very good impression of this etching and aquatint. Signed 75/75 in pencil by Wesselmann.

Nude from the Back is a Lithograph realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in the 1970s. The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent. Hand-signed. Art...

Henry Moore Reclining Figure Original etching in sepia, hand signed 1979 Image size: 12 5/8 x 15 7/8 inches Framed Dimensions: 25 x 25 inches Numbered 32/50 from the edition of 50 on...

L' ARBRE EXTATIQUE is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free, by the Dutch artist known as CORNEILLE(Guillaume van Beverloo) an abstract expressionist who co-founded the 20th Century experimental art movement CoBrA recognized for their spontaneous, rebellious style of painting that was heavily inspired by the art of children and the mentally ill. Corneille devises his colorful fantastic imagery with exotic plant forms, sensuous female bodies, animals and lively pattern design. L' ARBRE EXTATIQUE confronts the viewer with a bold exotic yellow female nude set against a deep black background. One cannot avoid being intrigued by this exotic woman - her striking blue eye and long blue hair, posing with hand on her hip as an exotic red bird closes in towards her; a light yellow sphere encasing a green leafed tree form above. Print size - 23.25 x 19.75 in. unframed, excellent condition, full bleed image, vivid colors, pencil signed by Corneille Edition size - 200, plus proofs Year published - 1981 Printed at J K Fine Art Editions Co. NYC About the artist Corneille - Guillaume Corneille was born in Liege, Belgium on July 3, 1922. Corneille studied drawing at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie, but as a painter he was entirely self-taught. After having attended courses at the School of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, he started his painting experience influenced by Surrealism. Corneille, also known as Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, was a painter and graphic artist who radicalized the conservative Dutch art world in the early 1950s. He is co-founder with Karel Appel, Eugene...

Woman is an original screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1975. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered . Edition 89/90. The artwork represents a female nude in profile wit...

A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting “Quatre Nus au Harem”. The original painting was completed in 1920. In the 1970’s after Picass...

Woman Lying is an original offset realized by Renato Guttuso. The picture is in very good conditions, no signature. Renato Guttuso, born Aldo Renato Guttuso (26 December 1911 - 18 ...

Figure is an original lithograph artwork realized by the artist of the 20th Century. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered, edition 57/100. The state of preservation ...

Torso Leonard Baskin, American (1922–2000) Date: 1967 Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, dated in the plate Edition of HP Image Size: 10 x 8.75 inches Size: 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x ...

Nude in Woods. is an original etching print artworkk on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca. Hand-Signed on the lower right margin. Very Good conditions....

Unknown Artist - Lament for Aubrey Beardsley - Garden of Dreams, Year: 1952, Medium: Etching, signed, titled and dated in the plate, Image Size: 7 x 9 inches, Size: 9 x 10 in. (22....

"Nude" is a lithograph by Otto Dix. It depicts the bust of a nude woman. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (28/XL) in the lower left. This piece wa...

Woman with Flowers is an original vintage offset print on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini ( Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in 1970s. The state of preservation of th...

Hammam is an original contemporary screen print artwork on paper realized by Deanna Frosini. Hand-signed on the lower right and numbered. Good conditi...

Nude in Woods is an original etching print artwork on ivory-colored paper realized by Ker-Xavier Roussel in 1920 ca. Hand-Signed on the lower right margin. Very Good conditions. ...

Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....

"The Phone" is an original hand colored drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Mino Maccari (1898-1989). Good condition except some tear on edges. Sheet dimension: 35 x 50 cm. This i...