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Art Subject: Drawing
Women's Games : Spring - Original lithograph - 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999) Women's Games : Spring, 1970 Original lithograph Unsigned On vellum 75 x 55 cm (c. 30 x 22") References : Bernard Buffet - Lithographe / Mourlot, ref. #...
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1970s Realist Nude Prints

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ABS, Lithograph

Access
Located in Berlin, DE
Willibrord Haas (*1936 Schramberg), Access, 1979. etching, 40 cm x 30 cm (plate size), 54 cm x 37.5 cm (sheet size). Signed “Willibrord Haas” in pencil by the artist, dated “1979”, t...
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1970s Realist Nude Prints

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Paper

Sanctuary - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. This etching is #2 out of an edition of 10
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2010s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Boots, female nude linocut by Fernando Reyes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered linocut, from the Sensual Line series of male and female nudes. Reyes attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received a Bachelor of Fine A...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Linocut

Untitled (Crucifixion)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Boris Lovet-Lorski, Untitled (Crucifixion), lithograph, edition 250, 1929. Signed and numbered 7 in pencil. Number 7 of Volume 1, a series of 10 lithographs published by the artist a...
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1920s Art Deco Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Woman on a Bed
Located in New York, NY
Lucian Freud Woman on a Bed 1991-92 Etching on Somerset Satin White paper 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches; 44 x 39 cm Edition of 30 Initialed and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Published by Matthew Marks Gallery...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Old Faust - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Old Faust - from "Faust" Original Etching Embossed signature From the edition of 731 Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Le Printemps, Modern Drypoint Etching by Auguste Rodin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Le Printemps, Year: 1882-1888, Medium: Drypoint Etching, Image Size: 5.75 x 4 inches, Size: 16.25 x 11.25 in. (41.28 x 28.58 cm), Reference: T...
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1880s Modern Nude Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Friday
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Friday’ By Jane Anderson Medium - Lithograph Edition - 26/70 Signed - Yes Size - 765mm x 550mm Date - 1987 Condition - Excellent. 10 out of 10. Colour of print may not be accurate when viewed on a monitor. Jane Anderson was born 1952 in Portsmouth, England and studied at Ealing School of Art and the Slade School of Art, London. She worked with the Treadwell Gallery from 1972 till 1990. It is interesting to note how her work developed from the heterosexually sexy drawings...
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1980s Other Art Style Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Friday
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In a heart. Figurative Etching Print, Black & White, Nude, Romantic, Polish Art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Monochromatic or rather black and white etching with aquatint figurative print by Polish artist Czeslaw Tumielewicz. Artwork depicts two nude bodies intertwined into a heart shape. P...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Bust (Mauve): Erotic drawing of nude bound woman
Located in New York, NY
Printed in rich astral blue, this etching depicts a nude woman from the waist up. Emerging from her cupid’s-bow lips, the tip of a phallus imitates a ball gag, and across her chest, ...
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1970s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Etching

Standing Nude - Etching by Mino Maccari - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Nude is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the 1930s. Drypoint etching print on paper. Hand-signed by the artist. Good conditions an aged.
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Kissing in flames. Figurative Etching Print, Monochromatic, Romantic, Polish Art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Black and white figurative soft varnish etching print by Polish artist Czeslaw Tumielewicz. Artwork depicts two people kissing. They are shown in rather cubistic style. Title of this...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching, Paper

Nude - Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Female artist, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Paper, Etching

Erotic Scene - Lithograph by Albert Marquet - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a beautiful lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized in the 1920s by Albert Marquet (Bordeaux, 1875 - Paris,1947). Monogrammed on the plate on the lower margin. ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Naked Woman in the Bath - Original Etching Signed (Petrides #E2)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Naked Woman in the Bath, 1932 Original etching Signed in pencil On BFK Rives vellum 47 x 37 cm (c. 18.5 x 14.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in 1932, this e...
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1930s Academic Nude Prints

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Etching

Sybil - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
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 ...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Retour au Noir III, by Miguel Conde
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Sexual tension and ambiguity in this dynamic etching of a man making advances on a sleeping woman. in the background a beast approaches another man. Signed, titled and numbered in pe...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Fall : Woman with a Pheasant - Original Etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Baptiste VALADIE Fall : Woman with a Pheasant Original Etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered on 225 copies On vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inches) Excellent condition
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Erotic Scene - Lithograph by Albert Marquet - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a beautiful lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized in the 1920s by Albert Marquet (Bordeaux, 1875 - Paris,1947). Monogrammed on the plate on the lower margin. ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bust of Nude Woman - Lithograph by Alberto Giacometti - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin realized by Giacometti for Derrière le Miroir n. 127, in 1961. Ref. lust 160; ADG (Alberto Giacometti's Database) 342. Very good condition.
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Spring : Nude with Doves - Original Etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Baptiste VALADIE Spring : Nude with Doves Original Etching Signed in pencil Numbered on 225 copies On vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inche...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Sonia from La Ballade des Dames Hors du Temps, Etching by Man Ray
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Man Ray, American (1890 - 1976) Title: Sonia from La Ballade des Dames Hors du Temps Year: 1970 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Si...
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1970s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Seated Nude - Original Lithograph by Carlo Carrà - 1920 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 100 prints. Hand signed and numbered. Good conditions, just some minor stains on lower left margin. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any a...
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1910s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Afternoon, Impressionist Lithograph by Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Afternoon, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 45, Image Size: 19 x 27 inches, Size: 23 in. x 29 i...
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1980s Impressionist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Femme Debout II, Surrealist Etching by Frantisek Kupka
Located in Long Island City, NY
Frantisek Kupka, Czech (1871 -1957) - Femme Debout II, Year: circa 1912, Medium: Etching on Pur Fil du Marais, stamp signed, Image Size: 15.75 x 9.75 inches, Size: 25.75 x 19.5 i...
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1910s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Titled "Aquarius Lavis" Water Color Print Etching with Gold Leaf, LE: 6/50.
Located in Chesterfield, MI
This unframed piece titled, "Aquarius Lavis" by Guillaume Azouky was created in 1995. The piece is a water color print etching with gold leaf, it is limited edition, being 6 out 50 t...
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20th Century Nude Prints

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Lithograph

The stairs - Figurative Etching Print Monochromatic Surreal Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
Polish painter and graphic designer, Czeslaw Tumielewicz was born in 1942. In 1968, he studied at the Architecture faculty of Gdank, before continuing his course at the Technical Un...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Drypoint

Lady With Cat, Impressionist Lithograph by Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Lady With Cat, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 45, Image Size: 26 x 21.5 inches, Size: 3...
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1980s Impressionist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Sensual Rest - Original handsigned etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste Valadie Sensual Rest, 1976 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 199 On vellum 37 x 52 cm (c. 15 x 21 inch) Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig;...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving

Crouching Male Nude (Self Portrait) - Lithograph - 2007
Located in Roma, IT
Crouching Male Nude (Self-Portrait) is a beautiful lithograph from the portfolio " Erotica " by Egon Schiele. It is a reproduction of the homonym black crayon drawing, a self-portrai...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sitting Nude - Female nude after the original drawing of Gustav Klimt art deco
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Sitting Nude" (1963) is a lithograph based on Gustav Klimt's original drawing of 1914-16. It depicts in his typical art deco style a nude woman posing with her arms over her head. ...
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1910s Art Deco Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1980 ca. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numbered, edition of 13/50 prints, on the lower left in pencil. In ver...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Etching

La Première Conscience du Chaos - Lithograph after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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1920s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Girl with Hands to Face' — Mid-century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Benton Spruance, 'Girl with Hands to Face', two-color lithograph, 1940, edition 30, Fine and Looney 180. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Ed. 30' in pencil. A superb impression, on cr...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Femme Songeuse et Inquiète dans L'atelier de Sculpture (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Femme Songeuse et Inquiète dans L'atelier de Sculpture (after Bloch 188) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using ...
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1990s Cubist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Mexican Idyll, 1936 - 20th Century Nude Linocut Print with Trees and Shells
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Leon Underwood was a British sculptor, wood engraver, painter and writer of the twentieth century. Underwood was born 25 December 1890 in London, and studied at the Regent Street Pol...
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20th Century Nude Prints

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Linocut

Pink Lady IX, Block Print on Paper, Purple & Magenta Woman Portrait, Nude Figure
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Pink Lady IX" (2019) by SarahGrace Archival ink on archival paper, block print; woman, nude, figurative portrait, pink & purple pigment Hand-signed by artist Certificate of Authenti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Screen

Study for a Monument in the Heroic/Erotic/Academic/Comic Style Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of ecstasy and repose. The loose sketches were drawn directly onto the plate by the artist, a master draftsman whose erotic etchings are largely unknown. The composition is based on the drawing: Clinical Study, Towards a Heroic-Erotic Monument in the Academic/Comic Style...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Nudity 1 - Vintage Offset print after Renato Guttuso - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Nudity 1 is an offset print realized after the Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso, 1980s. Good conditions. Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, Palermo 1912 - Rome,1987) was a famous Italian pai...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Offset

Obsession - Lithograph by Edouard Chimot - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Edouard Chimot in 1932. Belongs to the suite "Le Chat", in which the author classifies and represents pubic hairstyles that become progressively more surreal....
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Roi Pausole - Original Etching by Marcel Vertès - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Roi Pausole is an original etching on ivory paper. glued on cardboard, realized by Marcel Vertès, in 1930s. In good conditions. Image Dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm This artwork represe...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Paradise - Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Nude, Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
Polish painter and graphic designer, Czeslaw Tumielewicz was born in 1942. In 1968, he studied at the Architecture faculty of Gdank, before continuing his course at the Technical Un...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original etching artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta, hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. In very good conditions, except for a small piece of missing paper on the...
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1970s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Nude Girl With Raised Arms - Lithograph - 2007
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Girl With Raised Arms is a lithograph from the portfolio " Erotica " after Egon Schiele. It is a reproduction of the homonym pencil drawing realized by the Austrian master ...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Study 2", Seated Figure Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful nude figurative lithograph by Jim Smyth (American, b. 1938). Numbered, titled, signed and dated "8/12", "Study 2", "Smyth 75” along the bottom edge. Unframed. Jim Smyth has studied at the Academia de Belle Arti in Fiorenza, Italy, Ecole des BeauxArts in Geneva, New York Academy, and the Art Students League. He is also a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Fine Art. Although academically trained, Smyth practices and teaches a more impressionistic style of painting, focusing on the Alla Prima technique. He is particularly knowledgeable about drawing, perspective, color theory and the human figure, his passion. Smyth, with extensive academic knowledge, has a profound love of all human representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil painting and pastels. When not in Provence, or Southeastern France, Smyth teaches intensely in art schools, art centers and several colleges in the Bay Area. He is a beloved instructor and his classes fill in quickly as he is very knowledgeable. On his return to the United States, he began studying with Mr. Alanson Appleton at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. Smyth was a founding member of the Appletree Etchers, Inc., an etching print shop organized by Mr. Appleton and his students to develop and promote color intaglio. Smyth served as Master Printer at the studio for many years perfecting the techniques of intaglio and developing the color theories of Mr. Appleton as applied to the deeply etched plate. Smyth received his degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972 and holds the California Community College Certificate and an Adult Education Certificate. Smyth was invited to teach "Anatomy for Artists" at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, as a result of his many years of dissection of the cadaver and developed the course of study of Perspective for the college. During this period, he began teaching Life Drawing at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California. During the following thirty years Smyth has taught an average of twelve classes per week at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, the Palo Alto Art Center and the Burlingame Recreation Department among others in all phases of drawing and painting. He has conducted many workshops for the California Academy of Painters in many aspects of drawing and painting. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. He is an authority on the materials of painting and drawing, techniques of traditional drawing and painting, color theory, perspective and anatomy for artists. In his career in Life Drawing, Smyth has made over two hundred thousand drawings from the model. In addition to studies at Berkeley, Smyth has studied at the College of San Mateo, Foothill College, De Anza College, Mission College, and West Valley College, all in California. One of the pivotal points in his career was studying with Mr. Maynard Dixon Stewart at the University of San Jose, California. He spent a year at the New York Academy of Art where he was offered a full scholarship and at the Art Students League of New York. He concurrently attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York. Among others, Smyth studied with M. Andrejivec, Ted Schmidt, Elliot Goldfinger, Gary Fagin, Ted Jacobs, Leo Neufeld, David Leffel, Jack Ferragasso, Jim Childs and Everett Raymond Kinstler and Kim English. Smyth has also studied with the noted painter and colorist, Ovanes Berberian. In 2002 Jim was invited to study at the Academy of Art in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he worked in Life Drawing and Life Painting. Smyth is a popular lecturer, a sought after demonstrator and juror. He is the recipient of many awards for both his painting and his teaching. In 1988 and again in 2003, he received the Kenneth Washburn...
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1970s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Two Reclining Nude Girls - Original Lithograph after E. Schiele
Located in Roma, IT
Two Reclining Nude Girls is a beautiful original lithograph from the portfolio "Erotica" by Egon Schiele. It is a reproduction of the homonym pencil drawing realized by the Austrian...
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Early 2000s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Nude - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Monotype Print
Located in Warsaw, PL
Siergiej Timochow, a Belorussian artist, born in 1960. He studied at an art school in Minsk in 1979 before continuing to study at the Fine Arts Academy in Belarus. His acrylic and ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Cardboard, Monotype

Le Printemps II (Red-Brown), Impressionist Etching by Auguste Rodin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Le Printemps II (Red-Brown), Year: 1882-1888, Medium: Color Etching on Japan paper, Image Size: 5.5 x 3.75 inches, Size: 9 x 6.25 in. (22.86 x ...
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1880s Impressionist Nude Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Bicephale - Original Etching on Silk
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Bicephale - from "Les Amours de Cassandre" Original Etching From the suite on Silk made for editions 9 to 34 Dimensions: 38,5 x...
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Brunelleschi, Composition, La Leçon d'amour dans un parc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, La Leçon d'amour dans un parc, 1933. Published by Éditions...
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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Farnese Hercules
By Jacob Bos
Located in Chicago, IL
448 x 315 mm.; 17 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches Watermark: Eagle, close to Briquet 207 (Rome 1573-76) Notes: Bos was born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in southern Netherlands (in French, the city’s name is “Bois-le-Duc”), and was active in Rome for a number of years from circa 1549 onward. His works were influenced by Marcantonio Raimondi (near Bologna 1480 – died between 1527 and 1534: see our no. 11). The inspiration for this magnificent and extremely rare engraving was the famous so-called Farnese Hercules...
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16th Century Old Masters Nude Prints

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Engraving

The Magicians Vanite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Magicians Vanite MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 39/100 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 11.2" x 1...
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Nude Woman - Lithograph by Guglielmo Coladonato - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an original modern artwork realized in mid-20th century by the artist Guglielmo Coladonato. Lithograph on paper. Signature an hand written dedication on the lower ma...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Images, suite of 4 etchings.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a suite of of 4 etchings titled "image" c.1980 is by noted Maroccan artist Guillaume Azoulay, born 1949. Each etchings is individually signed, titled and numbered 84/300 in p...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Erotic Scene - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an original xilography artwork realized by Mino Maccari in 1945. Hand-signed in the pseudonym of "Jean Baschie" which is the artist's signature in 1944-45 ca. erotic ...
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1940s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Sleeping Nude - Original etching, 1943
Located in Paris, IDF
Camille BERG Sleeping Nude Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Printed in Haasen workshop in 1...
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1940s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Leonor Fini - Untitled - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Untitled - Original Handsigned Etching Circa 1982 On colored paper Handsigned and Numbered Edition: 275 Dimensions: 69 x 52.5 cm Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life. Born in Buenos Aires in 1907 (August 30 – January 18, 1996, Paris) to Italian and Argentine parents, Leonor grew up in Trieste, Italy, raised by her strong-willed, independent mother, Malvina. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy directly from studying cadavers in the local morgue and absorbing composition and technique from the Old Masters through books and visits to museums. Fini’s fledging attempts at painting in Trieste let her to Milan, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1929, and then to Paris in 1931. Her vivacious personality and flamboyant attire instantly garnered her a spotlight in the Parisian art world and she soon developed close relationships with the leading surrealist writers and painters, including Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover for a time. The only surrealist she could not abide because of his misogyny was André Breton. Although she repeatedly exhibited with them, she never considered herself a surrealist. The American dealer Julien Levy, very much impressed by Fini’s painting and smitten by her eccentric charms, invited her to New York in 1936, where she took part in a joint gallery exhibition with Max Ernst and met many American surrealists, including Joseph Cornell and Pavel Tchelitchew. Her work was included in MoMA’s pivotal Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition, along with De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, and Yves Tanguy. In 1939 in Paris she curated an exhibition of surrealist furniture for her childhood friend Leo Castelli for the opening of his first gallery. Introductions to her exhibition catalogues were written by De Chirico, Ernst, and Jean Cocteau. A predominant theme of Fini’s art is the complex relationship between the sexes, primarily the interplay between the dominant female and the passive, androgynous male. In many of her most powerful works, the female takes the form of a sphinx, often with the face of the artist. Fini was also an accomplished portraitist; among her subjects were Stanislao Lepri...
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1980s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

The End of the Night - Original handsigned etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste Valadie The End of the Night, 1976 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 199 On vellum 37 x 52 cm (c. 15 x 21 inch) Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

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