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Period: 20th Century
Henri Matisse Teeny
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Teeny Portfolio: Other Portfolios Medium: Linocut Date: 1938 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 19" x 16 1/4" Sheet Size: 12 1/4” x 9 1/2” Image Size: 11 7/...
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Fauvist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

'Fougasse', The Indispensables - Official Rugby Union Publications Poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage public information posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want. Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965) The Indispensables Lithographic poster 30 x 22 cm Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Darker Palette print, Hand signed twice and inscribed by Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler (after) Frankenthaler: The Darker Palette (autographed and inscribed), 1998 Offset Lithograph print 42 × 35 in hand signed "Frankenthaler" lower left; inscribed a...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Lithograph

Original Château Mouton Rothschild 1988 label by Keith Haring - Pop Art - Wine
Located in PARIS, FR
The original Château Mouton Rothschild 1988 label, created by American artist Keith Haring, is an emblematic work of art combining the excell...
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Pop Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Robert Smithson, Movie Treatment for Spiral Jetty, historic Dwan Gallery print
Located in New York, NY
Robert Smithson Movie Treatment for Spiral Jetty, Dwan Gallery Poster, 1970 Offset lithograph poster 38 × 22 inches Unframed Rare, historic poster feature...
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Conceptual 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Soiree - Offset by Erté - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Soiree is an original artwork realized by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) in 1980. Mixed colored exhibition poster of the artist. Signed on plate ¨Erté; inscribed i...
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Contemporary 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Dans L'Atelier de Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Dans l'Atelier de Picasso Lithograph from 1957. The edition 211/275. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, Paris. Re...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Matisse, Teeny (Duthuit 723), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Catalogue raisonné reference: Matis...
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Fauvist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Degas, Three Dancers, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1945 Paper Size: 13 x 17 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...
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Impressionist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Matthew (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Matthew (Geoffrey of Monmouth) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 41/350 Frame Size:...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Flute Player, Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Flute Player, Portfolio: Jacques Lassaigne "Marc Chagall", Year: 1957, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 6000, Size: 9 x 15.25 in. (22.86 x 38.7...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Dufy, Composition, Eaux-de-vie, Esprit de la fleur et du fruit (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published and printed by Bernard Klein, éditeur, Paris, February 26, 1954. Notes: ...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Tribute to Brasilier : Horse Riding in the Forest - Original Lithograph, SIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Albert ZAVARO Tribute to Brasilier : Horse Riding in the Forest Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered /170 On vellum 74 x 54 cm (c. 29.1 x 21.2 inches) Excellent cond...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) signed lithograph. Pencil signed and dated "S. Simkhovitch 1933" lower center. Title "Island Beach,"...
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American Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Au Concert" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the poster). Printed in Paris in 1950 by Mourlot Freres, this multi-stone color lithograph faithfully reproduces the original Toulouse-Lautrec poster in a s...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Still Life with Teapot and Pears, Modern Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Still Life with Teapot and Pears. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image ...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Number 16)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el jardin de Miro (Number 16) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 150...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

In Tangier
Located in London, GB
Howard Hodgkin In Tangier, 1991 Screenprint in 22 colours on huntsman velvet 300gsm paper Signed with initials HH, numbered (63/72) and dated ('91) in pencil 82 × 86 cm Edition of 7...
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Post-Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Sailboats - Lithograph - Printed signature (Mourlot)
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY Sailboats Stone lithograph after a painting (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 in) Excellent condition
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1938 original poster by Leonetto Cappiello - Mossant - Art deco Fashion
Located in PARIS, FR
This is an original poster printed in lithography by the famous poster artist Leonetto Cappiello. Leonetto Cappiello was an Italian and French poster ar...
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Art Deco 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Linen, Paper

PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW Signed Lithograph, Mediterranean Cliffside Villa, Moon
Located in Union City, NJ
PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand drawn lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the Iowa born artist Jim Buckels. PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW presents a finely detailed fantasy landscape scene depicting a Mediterranean cliff-side villa beside a moonlit lake featuring classic architectural details including terracotta roof tiles, off-white stucco walls, stone balustrade balconies and stone walled terraces. The highly sought-after, limited edition lithograph - PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW was printed in shades of aqua, light blue, green, terracotta, beige, taupe gray, black and white creating a calm, yet mysterious ambience. PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW is a beautifully detailed, picturesque Mediterranean landscape any fantasy traveler would love to explore. Print size - 26.75." x 31.5" Large off square size, impressive handcrafted limited edition lithograph, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Jim Buckels Edition size - 350, plus proofs Year published - 1990 Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co. NY JIM BUCKELS Artist statement- "On one level, I think of myself as a decorative artisan, or at best a scene painter. I don't mind this distinction, because many of my heroes never achieved much more. It's a modest but honorable aspiration. The artists who have influenced me are quite dissimilar and usually less prominent in the pantheon of art history: Canaletto, the Flemish scene painters, the Hudson River artists...
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Contemporary 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Miró, Composition (Cramer 112; Mourlot 439-442), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 164-165, 1967. ...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Monumental Original Surrealist Signed Color lithograph "Puzzle of Life" 1974 COA
Located in Portland, OR
A very rare "Hors de Commerce", monumental signed color lithograph by the surrealist Spanish genius Salvador Dali (1904-1989), titled "The Puzzle of Life", 1974. This artwork is a gu...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Color

Fugue (Are these boats running away from the others)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In Anne Dykmans' "Fugue", sailing vessels race across the seas. This impression is #65 of 75 and is signed, titled and dated by the artist. Anne Dykmans (Belgian, b. 1952) Anne Dykma...
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Contemporary 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Matisse, Mademoiselle Jacqueline Matisse I, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype, héliogravure, recto and verso, on grand vélin Renage filigrané paper, as issued Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.05 x 6.3 inches Inscription:...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Don Quixote 2, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Don Quixote 2, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 8.5 x 10 inches, Size: 1...
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Folk Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Buildings in New York - Original lithograph - Mourlot 1967
Located in Paris, IDF
Bernard BUFFET Buildings in New York, 1967 Original stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate Printed in Mourlot workshop 71 x 52 cm (c. 28 x 21 in) REFRENCES : Catalog raiso...
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Realist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Adolph Gottlieb, rare exhibition print for Guild Hall in Easthampton, NY, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Adolph Gottlieb Guild Hall is for Everyone, 1970 Rare Abstract Expressionist Offset Lithograph poster Vintage metal Frame included Rare vintage, limited edition, offset lithograph ...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Vintage David Hockney Poster Miami New World Festival of Arts 1982 palm trees
Located in New York, NY
This vintage David Hockney poster features whimsical imagery and rich, bright color. Palm trees, boats in the ocean, a cafe, and a bodega with an elaborate iron-wrought balcony sit a...
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Realist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Thunder Bay
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Thunder Bay" 1986 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 14/95 in penci...
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Op Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Screen

“After Homage to Picasso“
Located in Warren, NJ
This is a rare lithograph only 45 made. There is some foxing and toning, but it should be able to fix that. Still a great picture. Measurements imag...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

WITH HONORS Signed Lithograph, Graduation Ceremony, Cap Gown Tassel, Education
By Synthia Saint James
Located in Union City, NJ
Synthia Saint James (American, b. 1949), WITH HONORS is a hand drawn limited edition color lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed using hand lithography techni...
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Contemporary 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, "Grand Tête" original linocut in colors, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Grand Tête, Portrait of Jacqueline with sleek hair Color linocut printed in beige, yellow, red, blue, and black on cream wove paper with Arches watermark Numbered 14/50 from the edit...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Arc Blau - Etching by Antoni Tapies - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Arc Blau is an original contemporary artwork realized by Antoni Tapiès in 1972. Colored etching with carborundum on laid paper. Hand signed on the lower margin. Numbered. Edition ...
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Abstract 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Christo, 'The Gates Collage', Lithograph, 1990
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Christo (1935 - 2020) Title: The Gates Collage Size: 39" x 27" inches Type: Lithograph Poster Hand Signed Christo was born in 1935 in Gabrova, Bulgaria. (He would drop his J...
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Contemporary 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Desert Spring Landscape
By Laurie Bender
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid large scale giclee print, 27/95, titled Desert Spring 1996 by Laurie Bender (American, b. 1953). Displayed double linen mat and whitewashed wood frame. Signed lower right and n...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Giclée

Autumn, Signed Abstract Screenprint by Gloria Vanderbilt
By Gloria Vanderbilt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gloria Vanderbilt, American (1924 - ) Title: Autumn Year: circa 1970 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches Paper, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: 250 Size: 31 in. x 24 in. (78....
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

THREE FACES Signed Lithograph, Abstract Portrait Heads, Rainbow Color Pop Art
Located in Union City, NJ
THREE FACES is an original hand drawn lithograph by the renowned American Pop artist, Peter Max, printed in 1991 in an edition of 100, using tradition...
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Pop Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Seattle United Air Lines original vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original excellent condition, linen backed United Airlines: Seattle, the 1968 airplane airline aviation travel poster promoting travel to Seattle, Washington aboard United Airlines and featuring art of a Native American Indian totem pole...
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American Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

L’Age de Soleil (Pour Roby), Modern Portrait Etching after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
This minimalistic portrait by Pablo Picasso features thin lines that outline and frame the features of the face without oversimplifying the understated, fresh composition. A restrike...
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Cubist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Untitled 1984
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Haring's background in street art and graffiti also influenced this practice. His spontaneous creations in public spaces were often produced quickly and without formal titles, emphas...
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Pop Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

A Toute Epreuve (D 204), Woodcut by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - A Toute Epreuve (D 204), Year: 1958, Medium: Woodcut on Rice Paper, Edition: 130, Size: 12.75 x 9.75 in. (32.39 x 24.77 cm), Printer: Jacques Frel...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

“1988 harbor at evening”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Russell Chatham lithograph “1988 harbor at evening” artist proof. In good condition Unframed. 45x35
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

BROWN LADY II Signed Lithograph, Fashion Portrait, Woman In Flower Hat, Pop Art
Located in Union City, NJ
BROWN LADY II is an original hand drawn lithograph by the American artist and Pop Art icon, Peter Max printed in an edition of 100, using traditional han...
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Pop Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) - Bicentennial Print - Lithograph and Screenprint
Located in Varese, IT
Lithograph and Screenprint on white wove paper, edited in 1975 Limited edition of 200 copies Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner, also dated 1975 and numbered: 150/200 ...
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Abstract 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Screen

Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Jean Cocteau, Portrait de Jean Desbordes is a Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929. Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", publ...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Andy Warhol 'Querelle Blue' 1983 FIRST EDITION Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Andy Warhol's involvement in movie posters, particularly for "Querelle," directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, is notable in the context of his broader artistic career. Warhol create...
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Pop Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Bopping at Birdland (Stomp Time) from the Jazz Series Signed Limited Edition
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist : Romare Bearden Title; Bopping at Birdland (stomp time) Year: 1979 Size: 33 ¼ x 24 inches Lithograph on Arches Paper Edition; Signed in pencil and marked 114/175 (Gelburd/Ros...
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Abstract 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Cretto Nero D - etching and aquatint with embossing By Alberto Burri - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
etching and aquatint with embossing on Rosaspina paper from a series of 8 Cretti (7 black and 1 white). Hand signed lower right. Edition of 90 prints, plus 15 artist's proofs in Rom...
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Abstract 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media

L'Âne Trop Paisible Pour Les Enfants Cruels /// Karel Appel Color Woodcut COBRA
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006) Title: "L'Âne Trop Paisible Pour Les Enfants Cruels (A Donkey Too Gentle for the Cruel Children)" (Plate 19) Portfolio: Circus (Volume II) *Si...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Woodcut

Abimelech - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Abimelech  is an artwork from the Series "The Bible", by Marc Chagall in 1960. Mixed colored lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Edition of 6500 unsigned lithographs. Prin...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" - Erotic - Cinema
Located in PARIS, FR
Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" is a fascinating fusion of two artistic worlds: cinema and pop culture art. Directed by German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the film is based on Jean Genet's novel of the same name, exploring themes of desire, sexuality and mystery. Warhol, a celebrated figure of the Pop Art movement, brought his unique style to this iconic poster. Using vivid colors and striking contrasts, the poster highlights key elements of the film, including the unsettling sensuality of the main character, Querelle, played by Brad Davis. Warhol's association with the film gave a new artistic dimension to film promotion...
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Pop Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Fantasy, Japanese, limited edition lithograph, black, white, red, signed, titled
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Fantasy, Japanese, limited edition lithograph, black, white, red, signed, titled Shinoda's works have been collected by public galleries and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Museum and Metropolitan Museum (all in New York City), the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, the British Museum in London, the Art Institute of Chicago, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the Singapore Art Museum, the National Museum of Singapore, the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands, the Albright–Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. New York Times Obituary, March 3, 2021 by Margalit Fox, Alex Traub contributed reporting. Toko Shinoda, one of the foremost Japanese artists of the 20th century, whose work married the ancient serenity of calligraphy with the modernist urgency of Abstract Expressionism, died on Monday at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 107. Her death was announced by her gallerist in the United States. A painter and printmaker, Ms. Shinoda attained international renown at midcentury and remained sought after by major museums and galleries worldwide for more than five decades. Her work has been exhibited at, among other places, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the British Museum; and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. Private collectors include the Japanese imperial family. Writing about a 1998 exhibition of Ms. Shinoda’s work at a London gallery, the British newspaper The Independent called it “elegant, minimal and very, very composed,” adding, “Her roots as a calligrapher are clear, as are her connections with American art of the 1950s, but she is quite obviously a major artist in her own right.” As a painter, Ms. Shinoda worked primarily in sumi ink, a solid form of ink, made from soot pressed into sticks, that has been used in Asia for centuries. Rubbed on a wet stone to release their pigment, the sticks yield a subtle ink that, because it is quickly imbibed by paper, is strikingly ephemeral. The sumi artist must make each brush stroke with all due deliberation, as the nature of the medium precludes the possibility of reworking even a single line. “The color of the ink which is produced by this method is a very delicate one,” Ms. Shinoda told The Business Times of Singapore in 2014. “It is thus necessary to finish one’s work very quickly. So the composition must be determined in my mind before I pick up the brush. Then, as they say, the painting just falls off the brush.” Ms. Shinoda painted almost entirely in gradations of black, with occasional sepias and filmy blues. The ink sticks she used had been made for the great sumi artists of the past, some as long as 500 years ago. Her line — fluid, elegant, impeccably placed — owed much to calligraphy. She had been rigorously trained in that discipline from the time she was a child, but she had begun to push against its confines when she was still very young. Deeply influenced by American Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell, whose work she encountered when she lived in New York in the late 1950s, Ms. Shinoda shunned representation. “If I have a definite idea, why paint it?,” she asked in an interview with United Press International in 1980. “It’s already understood and accepted. A stand of bamboo is more beautiful than a painting could be. Mount Fuji is more striking than any possible imitation.” Spare and quietly powerful, making abundant use of white space, Ms. Shinoda’s paintings are done on traditional Chinese and Japanese papers, or on backgrounds of gold, silver or platinum leaf. Often asymmetrical, they can overlay a stark geometric shape with the barest calligraphic strokes. The combined effect appears to catch and hold something evanescent — “as elusive as the memory of a pleasant scent or the movement of wind,” as she said in a 1996 interview. Ms. Shinoda’s work also included lithographs; three-dimensional pieces of wood and other materials; and murals in public spaces, including a series made for the Zojoji Temple in Tokyo. The fifth of seven children of a prosperous family, Ms. Shinoda was born on March 28, 1913, in Dalian, in Manchuria, where her father, Raijiro, managed a tobacco plant. Her mother, Joko, was a homemaker. The family returned to Japan when she was a baby, settling in Gifu, midway between Kyoto and Tokyo. One of her father’s uncles, a sculptor and calligrapher, had been an official seal carver to the Meiji emperor. He conveyed his love of art and poetry to Toko’s father, who in turn passed it to Toko. “My upbringing was a very traditional one, with relatives living with my parents,” she said in the U.P.I. interview. “In a scholarly atmosphere, I grew up knowing I wanted to make these things, to be an artist.” She began studying calligraphy at 6, learning, hour by hour, impeccable mastery over line. But by the time she was a teenager, she had begun to seek an artistic outlet that she felt calligraphy, with its centuries-old conventions, could not afford. “I got tired of it and decided to try my own style,” Ms. Shinoda told Time magazine in 1983. “My father always scolded me for being naughty and departing from the traditional way, but I had to do it.” Moving to Tokyo as a young adult, Ms. Shinoda became celebrated throughout Japan as one of the country’s finest living calligraphers, at the time a signal honor for a woman. She had her first solo show in 1940, at a Tokyo gallery. During World War II, when she forsook the city for the countryside near Mount Fuji, she earned her living as a calligrapher, but by the mid-1940s she had started experimenting with abstraction. In 1954 she began to achieve renown outside Japan with her inclusion in an exhibition of Japanese calligraphy at MoMA. In 1956, she traveled to New York. At the time, unmarried Japanese women could obtain only three-month visas for travel abroad, but through zealous renewals, Ms. Shinoda managed to remain for two years. She met many of the titans of Abstract Expressionism there, and she became captivated by their work. “When I was in New York in the ’50s, I was often included in activities with those artists, people like Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Motherwell and so forth,” she said in a 1998 interview with The Business Times. “They were very generous people, and I was often invited to visit their studios, where we would share ideas and opinions on our work. It was a great experience being together with people who shared common feelings.” During this period, Ms. Shinoda’s work was sold in the United States by Betty Parsons, the New York dealer who represented Pollock, Rothko and many of their contemporaries. Returning to Japan, Ms. Shinoda began to fuse calligraphy and the Expressionist aesthetic in earnest. The result was, in the words of The Plain Dealer of Cleveland in 1997, “an art of elegant simplicity and high drama.” Among Ms. Shinoda’s many honors, she was depicted, in 2016, on a Japanese postage stamp. She is the only Japanese artist to be so honored during her lifetime. No immediate family members survive. When she was quite young and determined to pursue a life making art, Ms. Shinoda made the decision to forgo the path that seemed foreordained for women of her generation. “I never married and have no children,” she told The Japan Times in 2017. “And I suppose that it sounds strange to think that my paintings are in place of them — of course they are not the same thing at all. But I do say, when paintings that I have made years ago are brought back into my consciousness, it seems like an old friend, or even a part of me, has come back to see me.” Works of a Woman's Hand Toko Shinoda bases new abstractions on ancient calligraphy Down a winding side street in the Aoyama district, western Tokyo. into a chunky white apartment building, then up in an elevator small enough to make a handful of Western passengers friends or enemies for life. At the end of a hall on the fourth floor, to the right, stands a plain brown door. To be admitted is to go through the looking glass. Sayonara today. Hello (Konichiwa) yesterday and tomorrow. Toko Shinoda, 70, lives and works here. She can be, when she chooses, on e of Japans foremost calligraphers, master of an intricate manner of writing that traces its lines back some 3,000 years to ancient China. She is also an avant-garde artist of international renown, whose abstract paintings and lithographs rest in museums around the world. These diverse talents do not seem to belong in the same epoch. Yet they have somehow converged in this diminutive woman who appears in her tiny foyer, offering slippers and ritual bows of greeting. She looks like someone too proper to chip a teacup, never mind revolutionize an old and hallowed art form She wears a blue and white kimono of her own design. Its patterns, she explains, are from Edo, meaning the period of the Tokugawa shoguns, before her city was renamed Tokyo in 1868. Her black hair is pulled back from her face, which is virtually free of lines and wrinkles. except for the gold-rimmed spectacles perched low on her nose (this visionary is apparently nearsighted). Shinoda could have stepped directly from a 19th century Meji print. Her surroundings convey a similar sense of old aesthetics, a retreat in the midst of a modern, frenetic city. The noise of the heavy traffic on a nearby elevated highway sounds at this height like distant surf. delicate bamboo shades filter the daylight. The color arrangement is restful: low ceilings of exposed wood, off-white walls, pastel rugs of blue, green and gray. It all feels so quintessentially Japanese that Shinoda’s opening remarks come as a surprise. She points out (through a translator) that she was not born in Japan at all but in Darien, Manchuria. Her father had been posted there to manage a tobacco company under the aegis of the occupying Japanese forces, which seized the region from Russia in 1905. She says,”People born in foreign places are very free in their thinking, not restricted” But since her family went back to Japan in 1915, when she was two, she could hardly remember much about a liberated childhood? She answers,”I think that if my mother had remained in Japan, she would have been an ordinary Japanese housewife. Going to Manchuria, she was able to assert her own personality, and that left its mark on me.” Evidently so. She wears her obi low on the hips, masculine style. The Porcelain aloofness she displays in photographs shatters in person. Her speech is forceful, her expression animated and her laugh both throaty and infectious. The hand she brings to her mouth to cover her amusement (a traditional female gesture of modesty) does not stand a chance. Her father also made a strong impression on the fifth of his seven children:”He came from a very old family, and he was quite strict in some ways and quite liberal in others.” He owned one of the first three bicycles ever imported to Japan and tinkered with it constantly He also decided that his little daughter would undergo rigorous training in a procrustean antiquity. “I was forced to study from age six on to learn calligraphy,” Shinoda says, The young girl dutifully memorized and copied the accepted models. In one sense, her father had pushed her in a promising direction, one of the few professional fields in Japan open to females. Included among the ancient terms that had evolved around calligraphy was onnade, or woman's writing. Heresy lay ahead. By the time she was 15, she had already been through nine years of intensive discipline, “I got tired of it and decided to try my own style. My father always scolded me for being naughty and departing from the traditional way, but I had to do it.” She produces a brush and a piece of paper to demonstrate the nature of her rebellion. “This is kawa, the accepted calligraphic character for river,” she says, deftly sketching three short vertical strokes. “But I wanted to use more than three lines to show the force of the river.” Her brush flows across the white page, leaving a recognizable river behind, also flowing.” The simple kawa in the traditional language was not enough for me. I wanted to find a new symbol to express the word river.” Her conviction grew that ink could convey the ineffable, the feeling, "as she says, of wind blowing softly.” Another demonstration. She goes to the sliding wooden door of an anteroom and disappears in back of it; the only trace of her is a triangular swatch of the right sleeve of her kimono, which she has arranged for that purpose. A realization dawns. The task of this artist is to paint that three sided pattern so that the invisible woman attached to it will be manifest to all viewers. Gen, painted especially for TIME, shows Shinoda’s theory in practice. She calls the work “my conception of Japan in visual terms.” A dark swath at the left, punctuated by red, stands for history. In the center sits a Chinese character gen, which means in the present or actuality. A blank pattern at the right suggests an unknown future. Once out of school, Shinoda struck off on a path significantly at odds with her culture. She recognized marriage for what it could mean to her career (“a restriction”) and decided against it. There was a living to be earned by doing traditional calligraphy:she used her free time to paint her variations. In 1940 a Tokyo gallery exhibited her work. (Fourteen years would pass before she got a second show.)War came, and bad times for nearly everyone, including the aspiring artist , who retreated to a rural area near Mount Fuji and traded her kimonos for eggs. In 1954 Shinoda’s work was included in a group exhibit at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. Two years later, she overcame bureaucratic obstacles to visit the U.S.. Unmarried Japanese women are allowed visas for only three months, patiently applying for two-month extensions, one at a time, Shinoda managed to travel the country for two years. She pulls out a scrapbook from this period. Leafing through it, she suddenly raises a hand and touches her cheek:”How young I looked!” An inspection is called for. The woman in the grainy, yellowing newspaper photograph could easily be the on e sitting in this room. Told this, she nods and smiles. No translation necessary. Her sojourn in the U.S. proved to be crucial in the recognition and development of Shinoda’s art. Celebrities such as actor Charles Laughton and John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet bought her paintings and spread the good word. She also saw the works of the abstract expressionists, then the rage of the New York City art world, and realized that these Western artists, coming out of an utterly different tradition, were struggling toward the same goal that had obsessed her. Once she was back home, her work slowly made her famous. Although Shinoda has used many materials (fabric, stainless steel, ceramics, cement), brush and ink remain her principal means of expression. She had said, “As long as I am devoted to the creation of new forms, I can draw even with muddy water.” Fortunately, she does not have to. She points with evident pride to her ink stone, a velvety black slab of rock, with an indented basin, that is roughly a foot across and two feet long. It is more than 300 years old. Every working morning, Shinoda pours about a third of a pint of water into it, then selects an ink stick from her extensive collection, some dating back to China’s Ming dynasty. Pressing stick against stone, she begins rubbing. Slowly, the dried ink dissolves in the water and becomes ready for the brush. So two batches of sumi (India ink) are exactly alike; something old, something new. She uses color sparingly. Her clear preference is black and all its gradations. “In some paintings, sumi expresses blue better than blue.” It is time to go downstairs to the living quarters. A niece, divorced and her daughter,10,stay here with Shinoda; the artist who felt forced to renounce family and domesticity at the outset of her career seems welcome to it now. Sake is offered, poured into small cedar boxes and happily accepted. Hold carefully. Drink from a corner. Ambrosial. And just right for the surroundings and the hostess. A conservative renegade; a liberal traditionalist; a woman steeped in the male-dominated conventions that she consistently opposed. Her trail blazing accomplishments are analogous to Picasso’s. When she says goodbye, she bows. --by Paul Gray...
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Contemporary 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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By Mark Rothko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 35.5 x 27.5 inches ( 90.17 x 69.85 cm ) Image Size: 24 x 22.5 inches ( 60.96 x 57.15 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Rare exhibition poster from t...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

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Located in Paris, IDF
Eduardo Arroyo Saint Michel, 1984 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil On Arches vellum, 45 x 61 cm (c. 17,7 x 24 cm) Numbered /100 copies INFORMATION : This lithograph is part of the set "Oraisons funèbres", inspired by the text of André Malraux...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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Located in Spokane, WA
Original Fly TWA India vintage travel poster. Artist: David Klein. Archival linen backed in very fine condition, ready to frame. This poster features a...
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American Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Original Veuve Amiot Vintage Poster by Leonetto Cappiello Champagne King 1922
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Leonetto Cappiello produced yet another stunning poster in 1922 for Veuve Amiot Champagne. It was noted as the "sparkling wine of kings," hence Cappiello's choice of a royal central ...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Palazzo, Florence
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Palazzo, Florence Etching, engraving, aquatint, soft ground and lift ground, printed in colors from three copper plates. 1954 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition 250 plis 10 on Rives wove paper, printed by the artist Published by The Print Club of Cleveland, No. 33 for 1955 REFERENCE: Geske #32 Condition: Mint Image size: 9 3/16 x 13 1/8 inches Impressions of this image can be found in the following museums: National Gallery of Art, Washington Toledo Museum of Art Oberlin, Allen Museum of Art Cornell Univeristy Cleveland Museum of Art Indianapolis Museum of Art Baltimore Museum of Art Georgetown University Indiana Univeristy, Eskenazi Museum of Art David Museum of Art at Wellesley College "Painter and printmaker Rudolph Otto "Rudy" Pozzatti was born in Telluride, Colorado, on January 14, 1925. Upon graduation from high school, he received a scholarship to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder where he enrolled as an art major. In 1943, his studies were interrupted by his induction into the U. S. Army. After his discharge in 1946, he re-enrolled in the University of Colorado where he studied under Wendell...
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American Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

McGovern for McGovernment (Signed by BOTH Alexander Calder and George McGovern)
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder McGovern for McGovernment (Signed by BOTH Alexander Calder and George McGovern), 1972 Lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges. Hand signed and Numbered by Calder, and inscribed and signed by George McGovern. Publisher's blind stamp. Pencil signed and numbered 184/200 Published by Styria Studio, New York (with blind stamp) Bibliography: George McGovern & the Democratic Insurgents: The Best Campaign and Political Posters of the Last Fifty Years (University of Nebraska Press), Hal Elliot Wert Frame included Framed in a mus...
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Abstract 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Pencil

Monograph: Christo The Gates Project for Central Park NYC (Signed and Inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Super rare original signed The Gates proposal book for famous art critic: Christo: The Gates Project for Central Park New York City (Hand Signed and Inscribed to art critic Anthony ...
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Pop Art 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Pencil, Offset, Board, Lithograph

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