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Art Subject: People
Acrobate II, Modern Nude Etching by Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958) - Acrobate II, Year: 1919, Medium: Etching, Edition: 2nd State, Image Size: 4.25 x 2.75 inches, Size: 9 x 6.25 in. (22.86 x 15.88 cm), Descrip...
Category
1910s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Internationale Kunst Ausstellung, Dresden
Located in London, GB
Osmar Schindler, (German 1867-1927), Internationale Kunst Ausstellung, Dresden, 1897 Lithograph, signed (in the plate) (middle right), 96cm x 75cm (100...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The meeting - Original Etching Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche
The meeting
Handsigned original engraving
Signature printed in the plate
Numbered /12
On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches)
Excellent condition
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Study for Floating Figure- Lithograph by Herbert James Draper-Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Floating Figure is a lithograph realized by Herbert James Draper in the early 20th Century.
Stamped and titled on the lower.
Good condition with slight foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - Lovers - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Cocteau - Under the Fire Coat - Lovers - Original Lithograph
Signed "Jean" in the plate and dated 1954 in the plate.
Joseph Forêt Editions
Dimensions: 4...
Category
1950s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Lendas Africanas Da Bahia" from the suite.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Lendas Africanas Da Bahia" from the suite, 1978, is an original colors woodcut by renown Brazilian/Argentinian artist Hector Julio Paride Barnabo Carybe, 1911-1997. It is hand signed and numbered 83/200 in pencil by the artist. The Wood block mark (image) is 23.65 x 15.75 inches, sheet size is 26.75 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. It will be shipped in a 8 inches diameter heavy duty tube.
About the artist:
Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó (7 February 1911 – 2 October 1997) was an Argentine-Brazilian artist, researcher, writer, historian and journalist. His nickname and artistic name, Carybé, a type of piranha, comes from his time in the scouts. He died of heart failure after the meeting of a candomblé community's lay board of directors, the Cruz Santa Opô Afonjá Society, of which he was a member.
Quick Facts Born, Died ...
Carybé
Born
Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó
7 February 1911
Lanús, Argentina
Died
2 October 1997 (aged 86)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Nationality
Brazilian
Known for
Painter, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, potter, sculptor, mural painter, researcher, historian and journalist
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He produced thousands of works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures and sketches. He was an Obá de Xangô, an honorary position at Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá.
Orixá Panels in the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador
Some of Carybé's work can be found in the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador: 27 cedar panels representing different orixás or divinities of the Afro-Brazilian religion candomblé. Each panel shows a divinity with their associated implements and animal. The work was commissioned by the former Banco da Bahia S.A., now Banco BBM S.A., which originally installed them in its branch on Avenida Sete de Setembro in 1968.
Murals at Miami International Airport
American Airlines, Odebrecht and the Miami-Dade Aviation Department partnered to install two of Carybé's murals at Miami International Airport. They have been displayed in the American Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York since 1960. The 16.5 x 53-foot murals were accredited when Carybé won the first and the second prize in a contest of public art pieces for JFK airport.
As its terminal at that airport was due for demolition, American Airlines donated the murals to Miami-Dade County, and Odebrecht invested in a project to remove, restore, transport and install the murals at Miami International Airport.
The mural "Rejoicing and Festival of the Americas" portrays colorful scenes from popular festivals throughout the Americas, and "Discovery and Settlement of the West" depicts the pioneers’ journey into the American West.
Carybé's Woodcuts in Gabriel García Márquez's Books
Carybé illustrated four books by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, including One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Love in the Time of Cholera "Carybé: um mestre da cultura baiana". ArqBahia Arquitetura, design, arte e lifestyle (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2023.. In particular, the woodcuts in One Hundred Years of Solitude are well-known for providing a visual image of the fictional town of Macondo, where the story takes place. The illustrations depict the colorful and winding houses, the railway bridge, and the hot and humid climate of the region, contributing to the reader's immersion in the story.
Carybé's woodcuts are, therefore, an important part of Gabriel García Márquez's literary legacy, bringing a visual dimension to his stories that further enriches the reader's experience.
Timeline
1911 — Birth in Lanús, Argentina.
1919 — Moved to Brazil.
1921 — The name Carybé is first given to him by the Clube do Flamengo scouts group, in Rio de Janeiro.
1925 — Beginning of his artistic endeavours, going to the pottery workshop of his elder brother, Arnaldo Bernabó, in Rio de Janeiro.
1927–1929 — Studies at the National School of Fine Arts, in Rio de Janeiro.
1930 — Worked for the newspaper Noticias Gráficas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1935–1936 — Works with the writer Julio Cortázar and as a draughtsman for the El Diario newspaper.
1938 — Sent to Salvador by newspaper Prégon.
1939 — First collective exhibition, with the artist Clemente Moreau, at the Buenos Aires City Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina; illustrates the book Macumba, Relatos de la Tierra Verde, by Bernardo Kardon, published by Tiempo Nuestro.
1940 — Illustrates the book Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade.
1941 — Draws the Esso Almanach, the payment for which allows him to set on a long journey through Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina.
1941–1942 — Study trip around several South American countries.
1942 — Illustration for the book La Carreta by Henrique Amorim, published by El Ateneo (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1943 — Together with Raul Brié, translates the book Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade, into Spanish; produces the illustrations for the works Maracatu, Motivos Típicos y Carnavalescos, by Newton Freitas, published by Pigmaleon, Luna Muerta, by Manoel Castilla, published by Schapire, and Amores de Juventud, by Casanova Callabero; also publishes and illustrates Me voy al Norte, for the quarterly magazine Libertad Creadora; awarded First Prize by the Cámara Argentina del Libro (Argentine Book Council) for the illustration of the book Juvenília, by Miguel Cané (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1944 — Illustrates the books The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitmann and A Cabana do Pai Tomás, both published by Schapire ; as well as and Los Quatro Gigantes del Alma by Mira y Lopez, Salvador BA; attends capoeira classes, visits candomblé meetings and makes drawings and paintings.
1945 — Does the illustrations for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, for the Viau publishing house.
1946 — Helps in setting up the Tribuna da Imprensa newspaper, in Rio de Janeiro.
1947 — Works for the O Diário Carioca newspaper, in Rio de Janeiro.
1948 — Produces texts and illustrations for the book Ajtuss, Ediciones Botella al Mar (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
1949–1950 — Invited by Carlos Lacerda to work at the Tribuna da Imprensa, in Rio de Janeiro.
1950 — Invited by the Education Secretary Anísio Teixeira, moves to Bahia, and produces two panels for the Carneiro Ribeiro Education Center (Park School), in Salvador, Bahia.
1950–1997 — Settles in Salvador, Bahia.
1950–1960 — Actively participate in the plastic arts renewal movement, alongside Mário Cravo Júnior, Genaro de Carvalho, and Jenner Augusto.
1951 — Produces texts and illustrations for the works of the Coleção Recôncavo, published by Tipografia Beneditina and illustrations for the book, Bahia, Imagens da Terra e do Povo, by Odorico Tavares, published by José Olímpio in Rio de Janeiro; for the latter work he receives the gold medal at the 1st Biennial of Books and Graphic Arts.
1952 — Makes roughly 1,600 drawings for the scenes of the movie O Cangaceiro, by Lima Barreto; also works as the art director and as an extra on the film (São Paulo, SP).
1953 — Illustrations for the book A Borboleta Amarela, by Rubem Braga, published by José Olímpio (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1955 — Illustrates the work O Torso da Baiana, edited by the Modern Art Museum of Bahia.
1957 — Produces etchings, with original designs, for the special edition of Mário de Andrade's Macunaíma, published by the Sociedade dos 100 Bibliófilos do Brasil.
1958 — Makes an oil painting mural for the Petrobras Office in New York, USA; illustrates the book As Três Mulheres de Xangô, by Zora Seljan, published by Editora G. R. D. (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); Receives a scholarship grant in New York, USA.
1959 — Takes part in the competition for the New York International Airport panels project, in New York, USA, winning first and second prizes.
1961 — Illustrates the book Jubiabá, by Jorge Amado, published by Martins Fontes (São Paulo, SP).
1963 — Awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Salvador, Bahia.
1965 — Illustrates A Muito Leal e Heróica Cidade de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, published by Raymundo Castro Maya (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1966 — With Jorge Amado, co-authors Bahia, Boa Terra Bahia, published by Image (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); writes and illustrates the book Olha o Boi, published by Cultrix (São Paulo, SP).
1967 — Receives the Odorico Tavares Prize – Best Plastic Artist of 1967, in a competition ran by the state government to stimulate the development of plastic arts in Bahia; makes the Orixás Panels for the Banco da Bahia (currently at the UFBA Afro-Brazilian Museum) (Salvador, BA).
1968 — Illustrates the books Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha ao Rei Dom Manuel, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro) and Capoeira Angolana, by Waldeloir Rego, published by Itapoã (Bahia).
1969 — Produces the illustrations for the book Ninguém Escreve ao Coronel, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1970 — Illustrates the books O Enterro do Diabo and Os Funerais de Mamãe Grande, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Agotimé her Legend, by Judith Gleason, published by Grossman Publishers (New York, USA).
1971 — Illustrates the books One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and A Casa Verde by Mario Vargas Llosa, both published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); produces texts and illustrations for the book Candomblé da Bahia, published by Brunner (São Paulo, SP).
1973 — Illustrations for Gabriel Garcia Marquez's A Incrível e Triste História de Cândida Erendira e sua Avó Desalmada (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); paints the mural for the Legislative Assembly and the panel for the Bahia State Secretary of the Treasury.
1974 — Produces woodcuts for the book Visitações da Bahia, published by Onile.
1976 — Illustrates the book O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá: uma história de amor, by Jorge Amado (Salvador, BA); receives the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of Bahia.
1977 — Certified with the Honor for Afro-Brazilian Cult Spiritual Merit, Xangô das Pedrinhas ao Obá de Xangô Carybé (Magé, RJ).
1978 — Makes the concrete sculpture Oxóssi, in the Catacumba Park; illustrates the book A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro D´Água, by Jorge Amado, published by Edições Alumbramento (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1979 — Produces woodcuts for the book Sete Lendas Africanas da Bahia, published by Onile.
1980 — Designs the costumes and scenery for the ballet Quincas Berro D´Água, at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro.
1981 — Publication of the book Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia (Ed. Raízes), following thirty years of research.
1982 — Receives the title of Honorary Doctor of the Federal University of Bahia.
1983 — Makes the panel for the Brazilian Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria.
1984 — Receives the Jerônimo Monteiro Commendation – Level of Knight (Espírito Santo); receives the Castro Alves Medal of Merit, granted by the UFBA Academy of Arts and Letters; makes the bronze sculpture Homenagem à mulher baiana (Homage to the Bahian woman), at the Iguatemi Shopping Center (Salvador, BA).
1985 — Designs the costumes and sets for the spectacle La Bohème, at the Castro Alves Theater; illustrates the book Lendas Africanas dos Orixás, by Pierre Verger, published by Currupio.
1992 — Illustrates the book O sumiço da santa: uma história de feitiçaria, by Jorge Amado (Rio de Janeiro, RJ).
1995 — Illustration of the book O uso das plantas na sociedade iorubá, by Pierre Verger (São Paulo, SP).
1996 — Making of the short film Capeta Carybé, by Agnaldo Siri Azevedo, adapted from the book O Capeta Carybé, by Jorge Amado, about the artist Carybé, who was born in Argentina and became the most Bahian of all Brazilians.
1997 — Illustration of the book Poesias de Castro Alves.
Exhibitions
ммIndividual Exhibitions:
1943 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — First individual exhibition, at the Nordiska Gallery
1944 — Salta (Argentina) — at the Consejo General de Educacion
1945 — Salta (Argentina) — Amigos del Arte, Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Motivos de América, at the Amauta Gallery, Rio de Janeiro RJ — individual exhibition at the IAB/RJ
1947 — Salta (Argentina) — Agrupación Cultural Femenina
1950 — Salvador BA — First individual exhibit in Bahia, at the Bar Anjo Azul; São Paulo SP — MASP.
1952 — São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1954 — Salvador BA — Oxumaré Gallery
1957 — New York (USA) — Bodley Gallery; Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Bonino Gallery * 1958 - New York (USA) — Bodley Gallery
1962 — Salvador BA - MAM/BA
1963 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Bonino Gallery
1965 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Bonino Gallery
1966 — São Paulo SP — Astrea Gallery
1967 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Santa Rosa Gallery
1969 — London (England) — Varig Airlines
1970 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Galeria da Praça
1971 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — MAM/RJ, São Paulo SP — A Galeria; Belo Horizonte MG, Brasília DF, Curitiba PR, Florianopolis SC, Porto Alegre RS, Rio de Janeiro RJ and São Paulo SP — The Orixás Panel (exhibition tour), at the Casa da Cultura in Belo Horizonte, MAM/DF, the Public Library of Paraná, the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina State, the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul, MAM/RJ and MAM/SP
1972 — The Orixás Panel in Fortaleza CE — at the Ceará Federal University Art Museum, and in Recife PE — at the Santa Isabel Theater
1973 — São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1976 — Salvador BA — at the Church of the Nossa Senhora do Carmo Convent
1980 — São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1981 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril
1982 — São Paulo SP — Renot Art Gallery, São Paulo SP — A Galeria
1983 — New York (USA) — Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia, The Caribbean Cultural Center
1984 — Philadelphia (USA) — Art Institute of Philadelphia; Mexico — Museo Nacional de Las Culturas; São Paulo SP — Galeria de Arte André
1986 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril; Salvador BA — As Artes de Carybé, Núcleo de Artes Desenbanco
1989 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril; São Paulo SP — MASP
1995 — São Paulo SP — Documenta Galeria de Arte, São Paulo SP — Casa das Artes Galeria, Campinas SP — Galeria Croqui, Curitiba PR — Galeria de Arte Fraletti e Rubbo, Belo Horizonte MG — Nuance Galeria de Arte, Foz do Iguaçu PR — Ita Galeria de Arte, Porto Alegre RS — Bublitz Decaedro Galeria de Artes, Cuiabá MT — Só Vi Arte Galeria, Goiânia GO — Época Galeria de Arte, São Paulo SP — Artebela Galeria Arte Molduras, Fortaleza CE — Galeria Casa D'Arte, Salvador BA — Oxum Casa de Arte
Collective Exhibitions:
1939 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Carybé and Clemente Moreau Exhibition, at the Museo Municipal de Belas Artes
1943 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — 29th Salon de Acuarelistas y Grabadores — first prize
1946 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Drawings by Argentine Artists, at the Kraft Gallery
1948 — Washington (USA) — Artists of Argentina, at the Pan American Union Gallery
1949 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Carybé and Gertrudis Chale, at the Viau Gallery; Salvador BA — Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at the Hotel Bahia
1950 — Salvador BA — 2nd Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts; São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1951 — São Paulo SP — 1st São Paulo Art Biennial, Trianon Pavilion.
1952 — Salvador BA — 3rd Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at Belvedere da Sé; São Paulo SP — MAM/SP
1953 — Recife PE — Mario Cravo Júnior and Carybé, at the Santa Isabel Theater; São Paulo SP — 2nd São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP
1954 — Salvador BA — 4th Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at the Hotel Bahia. — Bronze medal
1955 — São Paulo SP — 3rd São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP — first prize for drawing
1956 — Salvador BA — Modern Artists of Bahia, at the Oxumaré Gallery; Venice (Italy) — 28th Venice Biennial
1957 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — 6th National Modern Art Show — exemption from the jury; São Paulo SP — Artists from Bahia, at the MAM/SP
1958 — San Francisco (USA) — Works by Brazilian Artists, at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Washington and New York (USA) — Works by Brazilian Artists, at the Pan American Union and the MoMA
1959 — Seattle (USA) — 30th International Exhibition, at the Seattle Art Museum; Salvador BA — Modern Artists of Bahia, at the Dentistry School.
1961 — São Paulo SP — 6th São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP — special room
1963 — Lagos (Nigeria) — Brazilian Contemporary Artists, at the Nigerian Museum; São Paulo SP — 7th São Paulo Art Biennial Bienal, at the Fundação Bienal
1964 — Salvador BA — Christmas Exhibition, at the Galeria Querino
1966 — Baghdad (Iraq) — collective exhibition sponsored by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Madrid (Spain) — Artists of Bahia, at the Hispanic Culture Institute; Rome (Italy) — Piero Cartona Palace; Salvador BA — 1st National Biennial of Plastic Arts (Bienal da Bahia) — special room; Salvador BA — Draughtsmen of Bahia, at the Convivium Gallery
1967 — Salvador BA — Christmas Exhibition at the Panorama Art Gallery; São Paulo SP — Artists of Bahia, at the A Gallery
1968 — São Paulo SP — Bahian Artists, at the A Gallery
1969 — London (England) — Tryon Gallery; São Paulo SP — 1st Panorama of Current Brazilian Art at the MAM/SP; São Paulo SP — Carybé, Carlos Bastos...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"La Pace Tre le Statue" Photography 31.5" x 24" in Edition of 5 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"La Pace Tre le Statue" Photography 31.5" x 24" in Edition of 5 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2023
Ships rolled in a tube
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Pigment, Archival Paper
Garden With Henry, by Peter Milton
By Peter Milton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Resist Ground Etching & Engraving
Image Size: 9.5 x 12 inches
Year: 1993
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist, this print was specially made by Milton to accom...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Interior Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Within You IV, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Saint Clair Cemin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Saint Clair Cemin, Brazilian (1951 - ) - Within You IV, Year: 1978, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 2/30, Image Size: 5.75 x ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Nude - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original etching realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1960s.
Sheet dimension: 32.5 x 25 cm; Image dimensions: 10 x 14.5 cm.
Very good conditions.
The artwork represe...
Category
1960s Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
$250 Sale Price
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"The Aunties" - Figurative Abstract Limited Edition Print, 20/100
By Anne Ormsby
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful figurative giclée and watercolor limited edition print titled "The Aunties", a homage to the classical figurative sculpture The Three Graces, by Anne Ormsby, a Aptos, Calif...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Giclée
$1,240 Sale Price
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Corvette, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - 2018)
Title: Corvette
Year: 2003
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 149/199
Image Size: 17.75 x 27.5 inches
Size: 23 x 34...
Category
1980s Pop Art Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The swimmers - Original Etching Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche
The swimmers
Original engraving
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /12
On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches)
Excellent condition
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Green and Gold:Contemporary Limited Edition Etching
By Ian Laurie
Located in Brecon, Powys
20/25
Signed
Mounted 14 x 11 inches
Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist who made the transition from industry to artistry around 40 years ago when he & his wife ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
$200 Sale Price
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"Two Reclining Nudes" Lithograph on Paper, Figurative, Female Nudes
Located in Detroit, MI
"Two Reclining Nudes" is an exceptional Lithograph of Pearlstein's Realistic style. The nudes are posed reclining, neither engaged with either each other or the viewer, and give the atmosphere of being in a dream state. It is an intimate scene without intimacy. Their full-figured bodies exude power and strength which is reinforced by not fitting within the frame. This Lithograph is #42 of an edition of 100 with one blind stamp, and signed by the artist all located in the upper left corner.
Philip Pearlstein is an American painter born in Pittsburgh, PA, and best known for Modernist Realism nudes. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums.
In 1941, his junior year in high school, he received his first recognition when awarded first and third prizes in Scholastic Magazine’s 14th National High School Art Exhibition. Upon graduation from high school in 1942, he enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology but the draft limited his attendance to one year. After discharge from the army in 1946, he returned to Carnegie Tech where he received his BFA in 1949. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City where he pursued work in graphic design and received a Master’s degree in art history from New York University in 1955.
Pearlstein worked as a graphic designer for Life Magazine before becoming an instructor at the Pratt Institute, and then a professor at Brooklyn College; he has also served as a visiting artist at several prestigious institutions throughout the country. His work has been exhibited in several solo exhibitions throughout the United States with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums. Pearlstein served as a President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters from 2003-2006 and currently lives and works in New York.
“It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art.” —Philip Pearlstein
In spring of 1946 he becomes assistant to Robert Lepper, head of the Design Program at Carnegie Institute of Technology, at the firm of Altenhof and Bown, Architects, and designs catalogs for building products through 1949. Meanwhile he enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Technology and studied with Robert Lepper, Balcomb Green, and Samuel Rosenberg. Meets Dorothy Cantor, George Klauber, and Andy Warhol (Warhola), fellow students at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Serves as art editor of the Carnegie Technical, the student publication of the Engineering School, through 1949 when he received his BFA and moved to New York to live with Andy Warhol. A few months later he worked with graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar in design and production of catalogs of plumbing fixtures and ventilators for the next eight years.
He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University where he studied with Karl Lehmann, Craig Smith and Jose Lopez-Rey. In 1954 Clement Greenberg selectd Pearlstein to be in “Emerging Talent” show at Kootz Gallery, New York. Torso is shown. Show includes Herman Cherry, Paul Freeley, Paul Georges, Cornelia Langer, Saul Leiter, Morris Louis, Anthony Louvis, Sue Mitchell, Kenneth Noland, and Theophil Groell. He received his M.A. in Art History from Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. His thesis on Francis Picabia with Jose Lopez-Rey and H.W. Janson as advisors.
In September of 1958 he received a Fulbright Grant for Painting in Italy and traveled to Rome, Florence, Venice, Amalfi Coast and Sicily. Back in New York his drawing group includes at various times during the following thirteen years: Ann Arnold, Rudolph Burkhardt, Charles Cajori, Gretna Campbell, Lois Dodd, Louis Finkelstein, Joe Fiore, Sideo and Nora Fromboluti, Mary Frank, Stephen Greene, Theophil Groell (Repke), Philip Guston, Yvonne Jacquette, Diana Kurtz, Alex Katz, Gabriel Laberman, Mercedes Matter, George McNeil, Sidney Tillim, Jack Tworkov and William White. Meets initially in Mercedes Matter’s studio. Continues to meet with group at various locations, including his own studio through 1972. In 1969 and 1971 he received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation grant. In 1982 he served as the Artist in Residence at the American Academy of Art, Rome. In addition to other numerous awards and honors he received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Center for Creative Studies and the College of Art & Design, Detroit, Michigan in 2000. Other known CCS faculty and graduates are Susan Aaron-Taylor, Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing, Stephen Dinehart, Tyree Guyton, Renee Radell, Herb Babcock, Jerome Ferretti...
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Reflections, Impressionist Nude Screenprint by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Reflections
Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991)
Date: circa 1970
Screenprint, signed, numbered and titled in pencil
Edition of HC
Image Size: 25 x 16.5 inches
Size: 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 5...
Category
1970s Nude Prints
Materials
Screen
"Fluidity Nr 12" Nude Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 10 by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fluidity Nr 12" Nude Photography 40" x 30" inch Edition of 10 by Lika Brutyan
"Fluidity Nr 12"
40" x 30" inch
Original photography by Lika Brutyan from the ""Fluidity" series
Li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
"Too Cute to Handle 3" Photography 31.5" x 24" inch Edition of 5 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Too Cute to Handle 3" Photography 31.5" x 24" inch Edition of 5 by Lukas Dvorak
Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper
2023
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment
Nude Woman in Bed, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Saint Clair Cemin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Saint Clair Cemin, Brazilian (1951 - ) - Nude Woman in Bed, Year: 1978, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 9/30, Image Size: 5.75...
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank (Reclining Bather) Poster
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)
Title: "Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank (Reclining Bather)"
Year: 1978
Medium: Original Screenprint, Exhibition Poster on heavy wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Unknown
Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
Sheet size: 39.38" x 25.63"
Image size: 16.5" x 24.5"
Condition: A few minor handling creases and scuffmarks. A few small areas of surface debris. Two small spots of discoloration upper right edge and lower right corner. In otherwise very good condition with strong colors and clean paper and edges
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - New York, NY. Poster produced for a special exhibition of Lichtenstein and other artists' work "Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank" at the Northpark National Bank, Dallas, TX from June 15 - August 15, 1978. The image featured on this poster is Lichtenstein's 1978 painting "Reclining Bather".
This 1978 exhibition "Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank" featured the work of various represented artists by Leo Castelli Gallery including Richard Artschwager, Donald Judd, James Rosenquist, Kenneth Noland, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Frank Stella, Ron Davis, and Andy Warhol.
GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer:
Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters.
Biography:
American artist Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City on October 27, 1923, and grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side. In the 1960s, Lichtenstein became a leading figure of the new Pop Art movement. Inspired by advertisements and comic strips, Lichtenstein's bright, graphic works parodied American popular culture and the art world itself. He died in New York City on September 29, 1997.
Lichtenstein was committed to his art until the end of his life, often spending at least 10 hours a day in his studio. His work was acquired by major museum collections around the world, and he received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the National Medal of Arts in 1995. In 2013 the painting "Woman with Flowered Hat" set another record at $56.1 million as it was purchased by British jeweller Laurence Graff...
Category
1970s Pop Art Nude Prints
Materials
Screen
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; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving
$715 Sale Price
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Beauty in a Dream - Original lithograph, Handsigned and Numbered /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Alain BONNEFOIT
Beauty in a Dream, 1975
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 100
On vellum 38 x 55 cm (c. 15 x 22 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
1970s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic Scene - Lithograph by Toyen - 1927
By Toyen
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an artwork realized by Toyen in 1927.
Mixed colored watercolored lithograph.
The artwork is an illustration from the book Pybrac written by Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$402 Sale Price
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La Voyante - Lithograph by Paul Delvaux - 1974
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Roma, IT
La Voyante is an original contemporary artwork realized by Paul Delvaux in 1974.
Color Lithograph on Arches Paper.
Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 25/75. ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nu a la Guitarre (Serenade), Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: Nu a la Guitarre (Serenade) from the Nudes Suite
Year: 1970
Medium: Lithograph on Rives, Signed and numbered in Pencil
Edition: C...
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - White Book - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Cocteau
White Book - Autobiography about Cocteau's discovery of his homosexuality. The book was first published anonymously and created a scandal.
Original Handcolored Lithograp...
Category
1930s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Lovesick" Black & White Photography 45" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lovesick" Black & White Photography 45" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Comes with COA
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 36" x 24" inch
Edition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Dancers and Actresses Before the Show - Original Etching Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche
Dancers and Actresses Before the Show
Handsigned original engraving
Signature printed in the plate
Numbered /12
On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches)
...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Pablo Picasso - Le Peintre et son Modèle IV
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso
Le Peintre et son Modèle IV (B. 1141; Ba. 1139)
Aquatint and drypoint, 1963, signed in pencil, numbered 19/50 (total edition includes 15 artist's proofs), printed by C...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Angelique" Art print 24" x 36" inch Edition of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Angelique" Art print 24" x 36" inch Edition of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Year photo was taken: 2020
Archival pigment print on Fine Art paper
Limited Edition of 25
Picture size:
He...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Matisse, Acrobates (Duthuit 139), Verve: Revue Artistique (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. IX, N° 35-36...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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Davidoff - Hav A Havana IV, Nude Print by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos
Title: Davidoff - Hav A Havana IV
Year: 2001
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 44/199
Paper Size: 34 x 36 inches
Frame: 39.75 x 39 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vanity
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vanity" 1980 is an original sepia etching by American artist Louis Russomanno, b.1946. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 113/185 in pencil by the artist. Th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Dressed in black - Original Etching Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche
Dressed in black
Original engraving
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /12
On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches)
Excellent condition
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Crazy Horse No.7 - Front View of Nude Female
Located in Roma, IT
Crazy Horse No.7 - Front View of Nude Female is an original color serigraph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin (Simbari 76)...
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Screen
$447 Sale Price
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Within You II, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Saint Clair Cemin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Saint Clair Cemin, Brazilian (1951 - ) - Within You II, Year: 1978, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 11/30, Image Size: 5.75 x ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Three Whorehouses - Lithograph by Luc-Albert Moreau - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Three Whorehouses is a Lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by Luc Albert Moreau.
The artwork is in good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (48.5x32.5 cm).
Han...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Sator - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Sator - Original Etching
Stamp Signed
Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm
1969
References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305
Category
1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Study of an Old Woman- Vintage Colotype Print After G. Klimt - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Study of an old woman - Plate 25 is the last collotype from “ Gustav Klimt : Fünfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen” , a limited-edition collection of 25 monochrome and two-color collotype...
Category
1910s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Black and White
$1,431 Sale Price
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Adam and Eve - Lithograph by Umberto Brunelleschi - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Adam and Eve is a color lithograph on ivory paper, created by the Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi (Montemurlo 1879- Paris 1949).
Illustration for “Tales and Short Stories” by La...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Suffering Folk - Original Etching by Louis Jou - Early 20th Century
By Louis Jou
Located in Roma, IT
The Suffering Folk is an original etching realized by Louis Jou in the Early 20th Century.
Applied on a Passpartout by gluing: 47 x 63 cm.
Hand-Signed, Numbered. Edition, 14/40.
Good conditions.
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...
Category
1920s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Rock n Roll Hootchie Koo
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Japanese Block POP ART technique with a nude Geisha
Comes unframed
About the Artist
World-renowned guru of Jap Pop Art - Zane Fix, is an American artist, ...
Category
2010s 85 New Wave Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Rice Paper
Standing Nude - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Charles CAMOIN
Standing Nude, 1946
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered / XX copies
On Lana vellum 26 x 36 cm (c. 10.2 x 14 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Nude and Mango - Original Lithograph On Paper by Alejandro Ramon - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Nude and Mango is an original lithography artwork on ivory paper realized by Alejandro Ramon in 1943.
Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil, with dedication on the lower left.
T...
Category
1940s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lunch in Paris - Original Etching Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche
Lunch in Paris
Handsigned original engraving
Signature printed in the plate
Numbered /12
On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches)
Excellent condition
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Standing Nude - Original Woodcut On Rigid Paper- 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Nude is a original artwork realized in 1976 by the Spanish artist José A.Benasalvas.
Original Woodcut on rigid paper.
Edition of 25 prints. Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$223 Sale Price
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Woman Adjusting her Earring - Original Etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche
Woman Adjusting her Earring
Handsigned original engraving
Signature printed in the plate
Numbered /12
On parchment 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches)
Excellent ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Shunga - Woodcut attr. Keisai Eisen - Mid-19th Century
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut shunga print attributed to Keisai Eisen and realized in the early 19th century.
Good condition except for some signs of time.
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
La Monaca - Lithograph by Umberto Brunelleschi - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
La Monaca is a color lithograph on ivory paper, created by the Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi (Montemurlo 1879- Paris 1949).
Illustration for “Tales and Short Stories” by La Fo...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
At the sauna. 1960s, paper, lithography, 38x49 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the sauna
1960s, paper, lithography, 38x49 cm
Dzidra Bauma (1930)
Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers and still life. She is one of the most productive watercolors artists, in first post-war generation - the number of jobs estimated in the thousands. Especially popular paintings with floral motifs.
The artist about herself says: "I was born in Jelgava in 1930 in family of teachers. As a child, together with brother we loved to draw and made figures of clay or plasticine. In Riga elementary school №8 was a great art teacher, artist Alphonse Mihaylovskis, he also gave the first direction in art. Father let us buy a good brushes, watercolors, art books and publications related to the Latvian art. We also visited the exhibition. Enthusiastically I absorb all that read, studied the basic concepts...
Category
1960s Realist Nude Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$458 Sale Price
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Reclining Nude Twins - Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Egon SCHIELE (after)
Reclining Nude Twins
Stone lithograph after a charcoal drawing of 1914
On vellum 50 x 64 cm (c. 19.7 x 25 inches)
REFERENCES : The original drawing is part of...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Reclining Woman - Lithograph after Egon Schiele
By Egon Schiele
Located in Roma, IT
Reclining Woman is a beautiful lithograph from the portfolio " Erotica " by Egon Schiele.
It is a reproduction of the homonym black crayon drawing, a self-portrait realized by the...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$268 Sale Price
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Nude Under the Moon - Original Lithograph, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Guy RIBES
Nude Under the Moon
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Not numbered
On vellum BFK Rives 76 x 56 cm (c. 29.9 x 22)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nude 2 - 21 Century, Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Female
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
"Shakespeare Mirror Nr 1" Photography 32" x 24" in Edition of 10 by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Shakespeare Mirror Nr 1" Photography 32" x 24" in Edition of 10 by Lika Brutyan
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta.
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Lika Brutyan is American photographer, was born in a family of scientists and artists in Yerevan, Armenia.
Her training and work in psychotherapy has lead her to a deep curiosity in human nature.
While still in the field of psychology, she started to shoot. Over the years she became more and more interested in photographing human emotion and behavior. This interest combined her great appreciation for fashion has lead Lika down the path of fashion photography and portraiture.
Lika’s work are shown across the U.S, Great Britain, France, Italy, Romania. Her photographs have been published in various magazines, many of them belong to private collections.
Selected Exhibitions
2019 - Sublimation at Voies Off Festival, Arles
2019 - Sublimation at Fondazione Luciana Matalon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Demon, rising sun - XX century, Mixed media print, Figurative, Nude
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus & Cupid
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus & Cupid
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Vision Nouvelle
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30"
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Nude - 12 - Original Lithograph by Carlo Marcantonio - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 pieces.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$223 Sale Price
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La Source dans les Bois - Lithograph by Henri Fantin-Latour - 1898
Located in Roma, IT
Autographie (Calcography on paper transfer and Lithograph).
Beautiful Proof in sanguine on China paper.
In Excellent conditions and full margins.
Ref. Cat. Hédiart-Mason n.139; Jo...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Singing in the Bath, Tenakee Springs
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Singing in the Bath, Tenakee Springs" 1996 is a color offset lithograph on paper by noted American artist Rie Mounier Munoz, 1921-2015. It is hand signed and numbered 1077/1100 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 13.5 x 10 inches, sheet size is 16 x 12.35 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Alaska painter Rie Mounier Munoz was the child of Dutch parents who immigrated to California, where she was born and raised. She is known for her colorful scenes of everyday life in Alaska.
Rie (from Marie) Munoz (moo nyos), studied art at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. In 1950, she traveled up the Inside Passage by steamship, fell in love with Juneau, and gave herself until the boat left the next day to find a job and a place to live. Since then Juneau has been home to Munoz. She began painting small vignettes of Alaska soon after arriving in Juneau, and also studied art at the University of Alaska-Juneau.
Munoz painted in oils in what she describes as a "painstakingly realistic" style, which she found stiff and "somewhat boring." Her breakthrough came a few years later when an artist friend introduced her to a versatile, water-soluble paint called casein. The immediacy of this inexpensive medium prompted an entirely new style. Rie's paintings became colorful and carefree, mirroring her own optimistic attitude toward life. With her newfound technique she set about recording everyday scenes of Alaskans at work and at play.
Of the many jobs she has held journalist, teacher, museum curator, artist, mother, Munoz recalls one of her most memorable was as a teacher on King Island in 1951, where she taught 25 Eskimo children. The island was a 13-hour umiak (a walrus skin boat) voyage from Nome, an experience she remembers vividly. After teaching in the Inupiat Eskimo village on the island with her husband during one school year, she felt a special affinity for Alaska's Native peoples and deliberately set about recording their traditional lifestyles that she knew to be changing very fast.
For the next twenty years, Rie practiced her art as a "Sunday painter," in and around prospecting with her husband, raising a son, and working as a freelance commercial artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and curator of exhibits for the Alaska State Museum. During her years in Alaska, Munoz has lived in a variety of small Alaskan communities, including prospecting and mining camps.
Her paintings reflect an interest in the day-to-day activities of village life such as fishing, berry picking, children at play, as well as her love of folklore and legends. Munoz says that what has appealed to her most were "images you might not think an artist would want to paint," such as people butchering crab, skinning a seal, or doing their laundry in a hand-cranked washing machine.
In 1972, with her hand-cut stencil and serigraph prints selling well in four locations in Alaska, she felt confident enough to leave her job at the Alaska State Museum and devote herself full time to her art. Freed from the constraints of an office job, she began to produce close to a hundred paintings a year, in addition to stone lithograph and serigraph prints.
From her earliest days as an artist, Rie had firm beliefs about selling her work. First, she insisted the edition size should be kept modest. When she decided in 1973 to reproduce Eskimo Story Teller as an offset lithography print and found the minimum print run to be 500, she destroyed 200 of the prints. She did the same with King Island, her second reproduction. Reluctantly, to meet market demand, she increased the edition size of the reproductions to 500 and then 750. The editions stayed at that level for almost ten years before climbing to 950 and 1250.
Her work has been exhibited many solo watercolor exhibits in Alaska, Oregon and Washington State, including the Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Alaska State Museum in Juneau, Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Tongass Historical Museum in Ketchikan, and Yukon Regional Library in Whitehorse; Yukon Territory, and included in exhibits at the Smithsonian Institute and Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
Munozs paintings have graced the covers of countless publications, from cookbooks to mail order catalogs, and been published in magazines, newspapers, posters, calendars, and two previous collections of her work: Rie Munoz...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph