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Modern Portrait Prints

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Period: 1980s
Buste de Femme, Cubist Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Buste de Femme". The original painting was completed in 1902. In the 1970's after Picasso's ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait de Femme au Collier, Cubist Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Nature Morte a la Porte et a la Clef". The original painting was completed in 1946. In the 1...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait d'Homme au Chapeau, Cubist Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Portrait d'Homme au Chapeau". The original painting was completed in 1970. In the 1970's aft...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Arlequin a la Guitare, Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Arlequin a la Guitare". The original painting was completed in 1916. In the 1970's after Pic...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Femme aux Mains Jointes, Cubist Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Femme aux Mains Jointes (Marie-Therese Walter) ". The original painting was completed in 193...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Femme a la Collerette, Cubist Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Femme a la Collerette". The original painting was completed in 1938. In the 1970's after Pic...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Mother and Child
Located in London, GB
Etching on paper.
 Hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
 Paper size: 52 x 44 cm
 Framed 57.3 x 48.5 cm Edition of 65
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Head of a Woman
Located in London, GB
Etching on paper.
 Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Paper size: 57 x 46 cm
 Edition of 50
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Portrait en Deux Parties Noire et Blanche, Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Portrait en Deux Parties Noire et Blanche". The original painting was completed in 1924. In ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Andy Warhol Kestner-Gesellschaft 1981 Gallery Poster
Located in London, GB
Andy Warhol Kestner-Gesellschaft 1981 Gallery Poster measures 32×40" inches / 81 x 101 cm very good condition A vintage Warhol Kestner-Gesellschaft retrospective German gallery show poster...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Paper

Original pre-release 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original movie poster, Linen-backed original Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom pre-release. "Coming May 23rd, 1984. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the 1984 Steven Spielberg treasure-hunting action-adventure fantasy sequel ("If adventure has a name... It must be Indiana Jones."; "Trust him." Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Offset

Portrait of Marie Therese Walter, Cubist Portrait by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Portrait of Marie Therese Walter". The original paintin...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Original "Gone With The Wind" vintage movie poster 1980 excellent conditio
Located in Spokane, WA
Original GONE WITH THE WIND, U. S. 1 sheet Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, de Havilland, all-time movie classic! Conservation linen backed and ready to frame. Original issue fold marks professionally touched up. Excellent condition. Film Description: Gone With the Wind, the classic 1939 Victor Fleming Civil War romantic melodrama epic ("The Greatest Motion Picture Ever Made!"; "In the New Screen splendor… The most magnificent picture ever!"; "David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's story of the Old South"; "Screen play by Sidney Howard") starring Clark Gable (in his nominated for Best Actor Academy Award role; "as Rhett Butler"), Vivien Leigh (in her Best Actress Academy Award winning role; "and presenting Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara"), Leslie Howard ("as Ashley Wilkes"), Olivia de Havilland (in her nominated for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award role; "as Melanie"), Hattie McDaniel ("as Mammy"), Thomas Mitchell ("as Gerald O'Hara"), Butterfly McQueen, Ann Rutherford ("as Carreen O'Hara"), George Reeves, Victor Jory, Jane Darwell, Ward Bond, Ona Munson ("as Belle Watling"), Yakima Canutt, Harry Davenport ("as Dr. Meade"), Carroll Nye ("as Frank Kennedy"), Laura Hope Crews ("as Aunt Pittypat"), Alicia...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Offset

'Balinese Boy' by Arie Smit - Original Signed Lithograph (circa 1980s) 75/99
Located in London, GB
'Balinese Boy', original signed lithograph, by Arie Smit (circa 1980s). Young Balinese men feature heavily in the oeuvre of the artist. In this case, it appe...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Nancy outside in july XXIII - Original handsigned etching
Located in Paris, FR
Jim DINE (1935) Nancy outside in july XXIII, 1981 Original etching with aquatint Signed in pencil Justified AP (artist proof) On handmade paper 90 x 62 cm (c. 36 x 25in) INFORMATIO...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Study for a portrait of John Edwards
Located in London, GB
Original lithograph in colours on Arches paper, with full margins, framed Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto Image: 68 x 49 cm, Sheet: 94.5 x 67.9 cm, Framed: 105.3...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Study for a portrait of John Edwards
Located in London, GB
Original lithographs in colours on Arches paper, with full margins, framed hand-signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto Image: 60 × 45 cm, Sheet: 81 × 60 cm, Framed: 89....
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Self Portrait - Drypoint after Giuseppe Viviani - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Self Portrait is a drypoint realized after Giuseppe Viviani in 1983. Hand signed and numbered. 1983 edition of 100 prints. Signed by the Artist widow "Eralda Benso Viviani". Refe...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Drypoint

Original "Jobs, Peace Freedom" vintage poster. 20th Anniversary of 1963 March
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Jobs, Peace, Freedom. 20th Anniversary of the Historic 1963 March on Washington. August 37, 19983. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Private Property (Jamaica Bay in Queens NY - now a runaway of JFK airport)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Private Property was created in 1982 and is #25 from an edition of 40. Martin Levine (born 14 May 1945 in New York City) is an American artist. Levine...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Waiting For My Train(track crossings that create Chicago EL / Merchandise Mart)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Waiting for my Train is #55 from edition of 100. "Waiting for my train" is the stop right before the tracks cross, and create Chicago's famous "Loop", on the above ground EL. The M...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Lulu
Located in ZEIST, UT
Tom Wesselmann- Lulu Lithograph on somerset paper, 1982 A unsigned and undated ‘Travel proof’ (for presentation) apart from the signed and numbered edition of 250 & 25 AP’s. Stamped...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Girl at the Window - Original Etching by Benn - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Girl at the Window is an original Etching realized by Benn (Bencjon Rabinowicz) in 1987. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered. Edition ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Original Menton Fete Internationale du Citron vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Menton Fete Internationale du Citron (Menton International Lemon Festival). Archival linen backed in very good condition, A-, and ready to frame. The art group that created this poster is Studio Bazzoli. Printer: Imprimerie Corogec. In 1929, Menton was still the leading lemon producer on the continent. The Menton Festival of the lemon started in 1934, and in 1935 the first Lemon Festival poster was created. This poster is one of the featured posters on the festival website. The image of a woman’s face decorated with yellow and green lemons creating huge hair! The background is done in Mediterranean blue. Note that this is larger than the standard French travel poster size. A very relaxing and beautiful original Menton poster...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

"Thai Vintage 1987 Robocop" Framed Limited Edition Vintage Poster
Located in London, GB
"Thai Vintage 1987 Robocop" by Paul Verhoeven Robocop, the classic 1987 Paul Verhoeven science fiction (sci-fi) police crime dystopian future thriller ("Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop."; "The Future of Law Enforcement."; "Written by Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner") starring Peter Weller (in the title role as Robocop/Officer Alex Murphy), Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Paul McCrane...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Color

Arlequin a la Guitare
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Arlequin a la Guitare". The original painting was completed in 1916. In the 1970's after Pic...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Nu
Located in Kansas City, MO
Tono Zancanaro Title: Nu Color lithograph Medium: Color lithograph Signed by hand Size: 28.3 × 19.4 inches COA provided Antonio "Tono" Zancanaro ( Padua , 8 April 1906 - Padua , 3 ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Shahrit
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Guillaume Azoulay - Moroccan (1949- ) Title: Shahrit Year: 1982 Medium: sepia colored etching Sight size: 16 inches in diameter (plate mark). Sheet size: 30 x 22 inches Pu...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching, Paper

Figures- Lithograph by Aligi Sassu - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original lithograph realized by the Italian artist Aligi Sassu in 1983. Signed on plate at the bottom. The work represents three figures of men in B/W and red colors. ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

The Cockade - Lithograph by Bettino Craxi - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The Cockade is an original lithograph on paper realized by the Italian politician Bettino Craxi in 1989. Original lithograph on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right c...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Women - Lithograph by Aligi Sassu - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Women is an original lithograph realized by the Italian artist Aligi Sassu. This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident strokes in a well-balanced composition. Signed on ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Figure - Lithograph by Aligi Sassu - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original lithograph realized by the Italian artist Aligi Sassu in 1983. This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident strokes in a well-balanced composition. S...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Electronic Man, Aquatint Etching by Max Papart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Electronic Man by Max Papart French (1911–1994) Date: circa 1982 Aquatint Etching with Carborundum, Collage, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of HC Image Size: 22 x 29.5 inches ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Chromatic Composition, Aquatint Etching by Max Papart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Chromatic Composition by Max Papart, French (1911–1994) Date: circa 1980 Aquatint Etching with Carborundum, Collage, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 2/60 Image Size: 24.5 x ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Melancholy - Vintage Offset Print by Renato Guttuso - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Melancholy is a vintage offset print realized after a 1978 drawing by the Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso. Signed on plate. Good conditions. Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, Palermo 19...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Offset, Paper

Singer Needle
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's "Singer Needle" is a mezzotint issued in an edition of 100. It was originally designed to illustrate the step by step mezzotint process in the Abrams publication: "The Me...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

"Albert", Albert Einstein Portrait Silhouette
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein silhouetted portrait, a collotype print, watercolor by Lilya Vorobey (American, 21st C). Unsigned. From a collection of her works. Image, 9.75"H x 5.88"W. Full Sheet...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Color, Etching, Watercolor

Figures - Original Lithograph by Aligi Sassu - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original lithograph realized by the Italian artist Aligi Sassu in 1983. This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident strokes in a well-balanced composition. ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

The Scream - Original Lithograph by Alfonso Avanessian - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The Scream is an original lithograph on ivory-colored cardboard, realized by Alfonso Avanessian in 1989. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil:...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Soldier - Lithograph by Alfonso Avanessian - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier is an original lithograph on ivory-colored cardboard, realized by Alfonso Avanessian in 1989. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated: Av...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

The Scream - Lithograph by Alfonso Avanessian - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The Scream is an original lithograph on ivory-colored cardboard, realized by Alfonso Avanessian in 1989. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil:...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Figure - Lithograph by Alfonso Avanessian - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original lithograph on ivory-colored cardboard, realized by Alfonso Avanessian in 1989. Hand-signed and unnumbered, on the lower righ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Seated Woman - Lithograph by Sergio Barletta - 1980's
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Woman is an original lithograph artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta, hand-signed and numbered 10/150. In good conditions. Here the artwork represents the sited woman with ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

The Scream - Original Lithograph by Alfonso Avanessian - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The Scream is an original lithograph on ivory-colored cardboard, realized by Alfonso Avanessian in 1989. Hand-signed and unnumbered, on the lower right: Avanessian -89. Very good ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

"E" Albert Einstein, Modern Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein "E", a color collotype print, watercolor modern portrait by Lilya Vorobey (American, 20th C). Titled "E" lower left, signed and dated "L. Vorobey '89" lower right. On...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Watercolor, Color, Etching

Portrait of Albert Einstein with Multi-Colored Wires
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Albert Einstein, a color collotype print, watercolor with electric wires, by Lilya Vorobey (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "L. Vorobey '89" lower right. On mat...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Wire

Architextures
Located in New Orleans, LA
Architextures is a suite of 8 mezzotints in an edition of 50 created in 1984: Mosque and Mosque Interior (5.1 cm x 5.1 cm) Dome and Dome Interior (5.7cm x 3.8 cm) Castle and Castle ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

"Albert" Albert Einstein Portrait #5
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein portrait, "Albert", a color collotype print, watercolor by Lilya Vorobey (American, 21st C). Titled "Albert with his wry smile and electrifying white hair" lower righ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Watercolor, Color, Etching

"Rembrandt en Habit de Capitaine, " Original Color Lithograph by Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rembrandt en Habit de Capitaine" is an original lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (249/250) in the lower left. This...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

"A E" Albert Einstein Portrait #7
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein portrait, "A E", a black and white collotype print by Lilya Vorobey (American, 21st C). Unsigned. From a collection of her works. On mat board. Image, 9.75"H x 7.75"W...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Watercolor, Etching

"A L E" Albert Einstein Portrait #9
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein portrait, "A L E", a color collotype print, watercolor by Lilya Vorobey (American, 20th C). Unsigned. From a collection of her works. On mat board. Image, 9.75"H x 7....
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Watercolor, Color, Etching

"A E", Albert Einstein Portrait #8
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein portrait, "A E", a color collotype print, watercolor by Lilya Vorobey (American, 20th C). Titled "AE" lower left. Signed "L. Vorobey" and dated "89" lower right. On m...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Watercolor, Color, Etching

Helen Nude
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1981, this color screenprint on wove paper is hand signed by Tom Wesselmann (Cincinnati, 1931 – New York City, 2004) in pencil in the lower right margin and is numbered fr...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Screen

Leslie
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1986, this color woodcut on Japon paper is hand-signed by Chuck Close (Washington, 1940 - New York, 2021) in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered from the edition of 150 in pencil in the lower left margin. Published by Crown Point Press, San Francisco. About the Framing: Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Chuck Close Leslie...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Woodcut

Self Portrait
Located in Palo Alto, CA
David Hockney Self Portrait, 1980; Created in 1980, this lithograph on paper is hand signed and dated in pencil by David Hockney (Bradford,...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Commemorative #8 “Yellow Sweater” Pastel Blue & Yellow Modern Fashion Serigraph
Located in Houston, TX
Fashion serigraph featuring the work of Patrick Nagel that was produced as a part of a commemoration series from 1984-1988 after the artist's untimely death in 1984. This image was number 8 out of 15. Currently hung in a navy frame with multiple light blue mattings. Signed within the print. Dimensions Without Frame: H 35.5 in. x W 23.5 in. From the Catalogue: Rendered with an economy of line and flat, cool planes of color, Patrick Nagel’s Kristen presents a piercing portrait that distills the artist’s iconic aesthetic with which he garnered widespread popularity in the 1980s. Nagel, who studied art at Chouinard Art Institute in the 1960s, emerged in the Pop era alongside contemporaries such as Tom Wesselmann and Andy Warhol. While similarly working with a Pop aesthetic, Nagel infused elements from Deco and Japanese Woodblock prints into his graphic works – echoing such artistic forebears as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. A skilled illustrator, Nagel first photographed models before using ink and acrylic to boldly emphasize features. In the present work, ghostly pale skin is set against jet black hair – her features evocative of Nagel’s portrait that featured on Duran Duran’s Rio album in 1982 and catapulted him to widespread acclaim. Kristen presents us with the “Nagel Women” par excellence, perfectly encapsulating his reductive aesthetic. As actress Joan Collins recalled, "I remember when he (Patrick Nagel) first photographed me he remarked that my lips were my most outstanding facial feature. He said they seemed to have an anatomy of their own. Never have lips felt so naked. He had a way of seeing every detail and revealing them all on canvas" (Joan Collins, quoted in Elena G. Millie, Nagel: The Art of Patrick Nagel, New York, 1985, p. 16). Though Nagel passed away prematurely in 1984, his works continue to resonate – with important examples held in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, The Smithsonian Institution and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. —Courtesy of Phillips Artist Biography: The Pop Art of Patrick Nagel needs little introduction. His minimalist style defined an era with cool, seductive women that became the most iconic of any single generation. His elegant graphic work and his portrayal of the contemporary woman made figurative design before him look instantly old. Today his unique sensibility and style continue to resonate with generations of young designers, illustrators and artists who have found inspiration from his trend-setting style. Nagel was in the forefront of a new wave of illustration in Los Angeles in the late 1970’s and early 80’s, re-imagining the graphic arts and in the process defining Los Angeles as the epicenter of award-winning visual arts. It was a reciprocal relationship; Los Angeles influenced his evolving style and in return he left his indelible mark on the city and far beyond. Through cultural cross-pollination, his work absorbed the moment – from the fashion photography of Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton to influencing the look of music videos by David Bowie, Robert Palmer and George Michael, to creating the album cover art of Duran Duran. Patrick Nagel was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1945 and was raised in Orange County, California. After returning from his tour in Viet Nam, he studied fine art at Chouinard Art Institute and California State University, Fullerton where he received his BA in 1969 in painting and graphic design. He then taught at Art Center College of Design while simultaneously establishing himself as a free-lance designer and illustrator with memorable ads for Ballantine Scotch, IBM and covers for Harper’s magazine. In the mid-70’s he began illustrating stories for Playboy magazine, bringing instant exposure and a large appreciative audience to his work. His years working with Playboy established him as the heir apparent to 50’s pin-up artist Alberto Vargas and gave Nagel the subject matter that he would continue to use to illustrate the newly liberated woman. Over the last one hundred years, poster art has been one of the most humble, influential and pervasive of all the arts. But in the U.S in the 70’s, where poster art had not been used to its best effect, an opportunity arose to change the status quo. Nagel, in partnership with Mirage Editions and fine art printer Jeff Wasserman, sought to recapture the beauty and power that posters once held in popular culture by returning to a model created at the turn of the century with artists such as Toulouse Lautrec and A. M. Cassandre. They sought to produce the highest quality hand screened art prints that would also serve as collectible advertising...
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1980s Modern Portrait Prints

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Archival Pigment

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