Realist Portrait Prints
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
TAA Trans-Australia Airlines original vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original TAA Trans Australia Airlines vintage travel poster. Linen-backed and ready to frame. TAA Airlines was started in 1946 and was renamed Australian Airlines in 1986. In 1...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
Woodcut Self Portrait (unique) on light green paper
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine woodcut printed in black ink on handmade, light green paper. This unique proof was printed by the artist on his kitchen table in London. Carved into a swatch of black, the a...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Cap'n A.B. Dick (B) Pale pink and raspberry sailor's portrait drawing R.B. Kitaj
By R.B. Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Kitaj’s drawing on pink paper is of a man in profile, wearing a sou’wester: a fisherman’s collapsible rain hat. The image is a wry portrait, ostensibly of Albert Blake...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Chester Street" By Ed Fairburn, Limited Edition Poster Print, Portrait of Woman
Located in Denver, CO
"Chester Street" is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium archival Moab pape...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
WNEW Frank Sinatra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 45 x 29.5 inches ( 114.3 x 74.93 cm )
Image Size: 41.75 x 26.75 inches ( 106.045 x 67.945 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
Vintage David Hockney poster, XIV Olympic Winter Games 1984, The Skater
Located in New York, NY
Vintage David Hockney poster for the XIV 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo published as part of the official 1984 Olympic Fine Art Posters Series. The Olympic Committee commissioned 15 ...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Pennsylvania" (2022) Limited Edition Poster Print, Portrait of Woman
Located in Denver, CO
"Pennsylvania" is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece, released in 2022, is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium M...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Liz, Signed Lithograph, Seated Dark Hair Woman, Boho Tunic, Jeans
Located in Union City, NJ
Portrait of Liz is an original hand drawn lithograph by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Printed on archival Arches paper...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SHOWER PROFILE (WHITE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Silkscreen on canvas with diamond dust. Hand signed, dated, and numbered on verso by the artist. Edition of 25. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Canvas, Screen
Raphael Soyer Self-Portrait, Signed Lithograph, Man in Hat, Gray Jacket, Realism
Located in Union City, NJ
Raphael Soyer Self-Portrait is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Pai...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
RIOT POLICE Hand Pulled Lithograph, Black White Drawing, Law Enforcement, Police
Located in Union City, NJ
RIOT POLICE - artist unknown
Print Size - 23" x 30", full bleed image, no margins, unframed, unsigned proof, excellent condition
Year - c. 1973
RIOT POLICE is an original hand draw...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
18th Century Engraved Portrait of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax by Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
A superb 18th century engraved portrait of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, Plate 82 in "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain", written by...
Category
Mid-18th Century Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
"Colorado Geological" (2023) By Ed Fairburn, Limited Edition Print, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"Colorado Geological" (2023) is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium archiv...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Liz, Signed Lithograph, Seated Woman Fluffy Hair, Pink Tunic, Jeans
Located in Union City, NJ
Portrait of Liz is an original lithograph by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Printed on archival Arches paper 100% acid ...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SERENA WITH YELLOW CAP
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated, and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition: PP of 5, aside from edition of 30 plus 10 artist's p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Screen
A Pair of 19th C. Engravings Depicting the Costumes and Weapons of Afghani Men
Located in Alamo, CA
These hand-colored lithographs are from "Character and Costumes of Afghanistan", written by Lockyer Willis Hart (of the 22nd Bombay Native Infantry). The lithographs were created by ...
Category
1840s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Man of the Sandwich Islands, Dancing (Hawaii) from Captain Cooks travels engra
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Man of the Sandwich Islands Dancing (Hawaii) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) was the official artist for the third voyage of Captain James Cook (1728-1779). The purpose of this voyage was to discover the Northwest Passage and to explore the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator. These engravings were published in 1784-85 by G. Nichol and Thomas Cadell of London in the four large format atlas, Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Captain Cook was an extraordinary explorer known for discovering and mapping unknown territory and for his many contributions to the scientific world. These original engravings from Webber’s drawings and paintings are only a glimpse into this great man’s historical contributions that make him one of the greatest explorers of all times.
This image shows a Hawaiian dancer...
Category
1780s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Olga Hirshhorn is 90, by world top realist artist, the late Philip Pearlstein
Located in New York, NY
Philip Pearlstein
Olga Hirshhorn is 90, 2010
Lithograph on Aquarelle Arches Paper
Pencil signed, dated and numbered 158/185 by the artist on the front
31 1/2 × 24 inches
Unframed
Thi...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
I KNEW EACH STONE AND TREE Signed Lithograph, Bearded Man, Biblical Landscape
Located in Union City, NJ
I KNEW EACH STONE AND TREE.....Both Grape and Wine To Me is an original hand drawn stone lithograph by Emanuel Schary(Israel, b. 1924, d. 1994) printed using hand lithography techniq...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Hockney poster Kammer 1981 Celia in a Black Dress and Red Stockings
Located in New York, NY
Printed for Galerie Kammer’s 1981 David Hockney exhibition “Drawings and Prints”, this beautiful poster reproduces Hockney’s drawing Celia in a Black Dress and Red Stockings 1973. Fa...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Renée Mauperin; Ten Etchings, Complete Set for novel by Goncourt Brothers
Located in Middletown, NY
Renée Mauperin; Ten Etchings, Complete Set for the Illustrations to the Novel by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt 1882
Paris: G. Charpentier et Cie, 1882-1884.
The complete set of ten ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
THE FOUR SEASONS 4 Hand Drawn Lithographs, American Illustration Art, Americana
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Norman Rockwell, American (1894 - 1978)
Title: The Four Seasons: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER
Medium: Hand Drawn Lithograph on Arches paper, 100% acid free
Edition size: 200
THE FOUR SEASONS by the American artist illustrator NORMAN ROCKWELL, is a set of four hand drawn lithographs printed using hand lithography techniques on Velin d'Arches paper. The lithographs are UNSIGNED trial proofs bearing the printer's registration cross markings in print margins, from the master printers private collection. These 4 examples were taken to Stockbridge, Mass. and shown to Norman Rockwell for his approval prior to editioning. This suite is was published in an edition size of 200 prints by Circle Gallery, Chicago. Hand Proofed and printed at the American Atelier, New York, NY, Dec. 1974. Very fine impressions, exquisitely detailed drawings printed in a light pencil-gray colored ink on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free.
SPRING portrays two old men and a beagle curiously examining a woman's clothing left on a NO SWIMMING sign...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
OLD PRO Dave Wilcox San Francisco 49ers NFL Football History, Signed Lithograph
Located in Union City, NJ
OLD PRO is an original limited edition lithograph by the American artist, Merv Corning printed from hand drawn lithographic stones using traditional hand ...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Keswick" By Ed Fairburn, Limited Edition Poster Print, Nude Portrait of Woman
Located in Denver, CO
"Keswick" is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium archival Moab paper with ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Buffalo Bill 1899 Original Battle of San Juan Hill 1 sheet of a 24 sheet poster
Located in Southampton, NY
This rare original lithograph print is from 1899. It is one sheet of a huge 24 sheet poster that was created in 1899 to announce Buffalo Bills Wild West. The size of the complete 24 sheet poster would have been approx. 10 feet tall by 20 feet wide and would have been posted on barns and buildings in 1899 to promote Buffalo Bills Wild West before it would come to towns. This 1 sheet of the 24 sheet lithograph is in such good condition because it was found in the Lithographers draws of the print shop that created the poster. It is black and white because it was a proof that was used to create the final layout of the color poster. It indicates on the image that it is No. 2 Buffalo Bill San Juan Hill 1899, so it would have been the 2nd poster down on the left side of the large total image comprised of 24 separate sheets all unique to create the full image. You can see the two black printed lines on the left side indicate where the edge of the poster would have been. We have never seen a complete image of this rare 1899 poster. When we first acquired this rare proof over 20 years ago, we contacted the The Ringling Museum in Florida that houses a large Buffalo Bill poster...
Category
1890s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Self Portraits Jim Dine portfolio of nine self portrait etchings aquatint
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine Self Portraits (1971)
Portfolio of nine drypoints, each from one 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 inch) copper plate
Printed in brown-black on she...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Contemporary printed portrait "In the FIeld among the Flowers"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this giclée print, I have merged the grace of figurative art with symbolic elements. The serene subject, juxtaposed with vibrant florals, expresses a harmonious balance between hu...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Foil
Little Chinese Girl
By Ming Wai
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Little Chinese Girl" 1982 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed an inscribed A.C (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 24.5 x 22 inches, sheet size is 28 x 24.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Wai Ming, was born in Canton, South China on November 11, 1938, the son of a school master with nine children. Extremely poor as a child, he was raised in Hong Kong enduring many hardships amidst a chaotic environment of war and refugee settlements. Wai Ming's love for art flourished and he developed his drawing techniques without any art education, just painting what he saw. In the 1960s, Ming found representation in Hong Kong and also took the unusual step of opening his own gallery to display his work in. His primary interest being to capture images of life in fishing villages, or 'fish-folk', who have retained traditional Chinese culture, his work was at home with the sensibilities of many art buyers in Hong Kong. Crossing the ocean in his mid-30s, Wai Ming arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. There, he experienced initial resistance from galleries and the official art world for a variety of reasons, but was ultimately embraced by dealer Jack Swanson...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
YE PIPE AND BOWL Signed Lithograph Colonial Sign Painter, American Illustration
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Norman Rockwell, American (1894 - 1978)
Title: Ye Pipe and Bowl
Year: 1976
Medium: Hand Drawn Lithograph on Arches paper, 100% acid free, hand signed in pencil by Norman Rock...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage David Hockney portrait Exhibition poster Graves Art Gallery '80
Located in New York, NY
The portrait of the David Hockney’s mother featured on this vintage David Hockney poster is currently on view at the National Portrait Gallery’s e...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SEATED SEAMSTRESS Signed Lithograph Young Woman, Dress Form, Rust, Lime Yellow
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED SEAMSTRESS is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage David Hockney Poster Gregory Loading His Camera 1983 in millennial pink
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster features a David Hockney photographic collage. A young man with a mop of curls wearing brown leather loafers crouches over his camera, reloading its f...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Book (AP Edition XX/XXV)
By Shelly Fink
Located in New York, NY
Shelly (Sheldon) Fink (American, 1925-2002), "The Book" Artist Proof Ed. XX/XXV, Figurative/Portrait Lithograph signed on Paper, 15.88 x 10.88, Late 20th Century, 1968
Color: Wine Red
Sheldon Fink was born in 1925 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan, and won Tiffany Foundation grants in 1957 and 1963. Shelly's work has appeared at the Albany Art Institute, the Berkshire Art...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Fortune Teller - Original woodcut (Buisson #60.109)
Located in Paris, IDF
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA
The Fortune Teller, 1960
Original woodcut
Signature printed in the plate
On vellum 37 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
REFERENCES : Catalogue Raisonne Sylvie Buiss...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
VENDEDORA DE PERIÓDICOS Signed Lithograph, Mexican Woman Newspaper Vendor
Located in Union City, NJ
VENDEDORA DE PERIÓDICOS is a limited edition lithograph by the acclaimed African American woman artist, sculptor and printmaker, Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915 - April 2, 2012) printed in black ink on archival Plike cream colored Italian made paper using traditional lithography techniques in collaboration with Elizabeth Catlett. Hand signed in pencil P/P (Printers Proof) aside from the edition of 60, unframed, mint condition, from the master printers private collection.
Edition size - 60, plus proofs
Paper size - 24.25" x 18.5", Image size - 18.25" x 13"
Year printed - 2010
Never been framed, pencil signed, dated, inscribed P/P(Printers Proof) aside from Edition of 60, hand deckled paper edges, printers chop mark embossed on lower left corner, COA provided, from the master printers private collection
Elizabeth Catlett dedicated her art to images reflecting the history and culture of African-American and Mexican peoples...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The World Stage: Israel (Hardback Monograph Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley)
Located in New York, NY
Makes a fantastic gift!
Kehinde Wiley
The World Stage: Israel (Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley), 2012
Illustrated hardback monograph with dust jacket. Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley
Boldl...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Miss Parkett for Parkett 71
Located in New York, NY
Richard Phillips
Miss Parkett for Parkett 71, 2004
5 Color Lithograph on Somerset White paper
Hand signed, numbered 37/70 and dated on lower front
25 4/5 × 20 inches
Unframed
This 5-...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
NURSING MOTHER SEATED Signed Lithograph, Woman Breastfeeding Baby, Realism
Located in Union City, NJ
NURSING MOTHER SEATED is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/Ame...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Young Woman of Otaheite, Dancing (Tahiti) 1784 Captain Cooks Voyage by Webber
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Young Woman of Taheite Dancing (Tahiti) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook.John Webber (1752-...
Category
1780s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
NURSING MOTHER, Signed Lithograph, Motherhood, Social Realism, Breastfeeding Art
Located in Union City, NJ
Raphael Soyer NURSING MOTHER, BLUE SKIRT is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Firework. 1970, paper, silk screen printing, 85x61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Firework. 1970, paper, silk screen printing, 85x61 cm
Josif Elgurt (1924-2007)
Born in 1924 in Kishinev in Romania. In 1947 resumed his art studies in Kishinev. Since 1952 he has l...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Self Portrait by Jim Dine (plate seven from Self Portraits portfolio 1971)
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine, Self Portrait 1971
drypoint on Hodgkinson Hand Made Tone-Weave paper
Paper 18 x 14 in. / 46 x 36 cm
Plate 8 x 6 in. / 20 x 15 cm
plate seven from Self Portraits (1971) port...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
NURSING MOTHER SEATED Signed Lithograph, Portrait Drawing, Baby Breastfeeding
Located in Union City, NJ
NURSING MOTHER SEATED is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/Ame...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jim Dine Rimbaud, the Coffee Exporter poet portrait drawing in earth tone sepia
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine has expertly sketched the accomplished French poet and coffee trader Arthur Rimbaud. A vignette of dark brown surrounds his thin, fine features, which are defined with a flu...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
SEATED WOMAN PINK SOCKS Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, Graphite Drawing
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED WOMAN PINK SOCKS is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Venice Walk 1983 Vintage David Hockney Exhibition Poster in turquoise teal
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster features a David Hockney photographic collage. Hockney’s keen eye and uncanny ability to capture his subjects’ individuality is evident in this casual portrait of Gregory Evans walking in Venice, California. Hockney’s longtime friend, one-time manager, and former lover, Evans has served as a longtime model and inspiration to the artist for over 40 years. Here, Gregory dons stylish heeled brown boots and flared blue jeans, with red backpack...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Man of Kamtschatka (Russia) 1784 Captain Cooks Final voyage by John Webber
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Man of Kamtschatka (Russia) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) was t...
Category
1780s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Vintage David Hockney poster Young Playwrights Festival 1982
Located in New York, NY
A masked performer gestures his hands, wearing bright green garb, a long hat, and jaunty black shoes with white socks. Hockney paints in loose strokes of color: garnet, sapphire, bright yellow, and emerald green. This vintage David Hockney...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
LION PORTRAIT Signed Lithograph, African Lion Heads, Modern Wildlife Art
Located in Union City, NJ
LION PORTRAIT by the British wildlife artist Sydney Taylor, is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset paper 100% acid free. LION PORTRAIT is a contemporary wildlife portrait depicting three male lion heads, their majestic manes prominently displayed. Printed in a warm neutral palette of light muted gray green, golden brown yellows, dark red brown, touch of pink, and accents of black and white.
Print size - 21.5" x 29.5", unframed, excellent condition, hand signed in pencil by Sydney Taylor
Year published - 1983
Edition size - 200, plus proofs
Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co., NY
About AFRICAN LIONS -
Lions are the only cats that live in groups, which are called prides. These are family units that may include up to three males, a dozen or so females, and their young. All of a pride’s lionesses are related, and female cubs typically stay with the group as they age. Young males eventually leave and establish their own prides by taking over a group headed by another male.
Only male lions boast manes, the impressive fringe of long hair that encircles their heads. Males defend the pride's territory, which may include some 100 square miles (259 square kilometers) of grasslands, scrub, or open woodlands. These intimidating animals mark the area with urine, roar menacingly to warn intruders, and chase off animals that encroach on their turf.
Female lions are the pride's primary hunters. They often work together to prey upon antelopes, zebras, wildbeest, and other large animals of the open grasslands. Many of these animals are faster than lions, so teamwork pays off.
After the hunt, the group effort often degenerates to squabbling over the sharing of the kill, with cubs at the bottom of the pecking order. Young lions do not help to hunt until they are about a year old. Lions will hunt alone if the opportunity presents itself, and they also steal kills from hyenas or wild dogs.
Lions have been celebrated throughout history for their courage and strength. They once roamed most of Africa and parts of Asia and Europe. Today they are found only in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, except for one very small population of Asian Lions...
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1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Young Girl Posing Beneath Chandelier, Hand Drawn Stone Lithograph, Slate Blue
By Mel Ramos
Located in Union City, NJ
Young Girl Posing Beneath Chandelier is an original hand drawn stone lithograph attributed to the American Pop artist Mel Ramos, printed by hand at Bank Street Atelier NYC (the New York branch of the renowned lithographic printshop Atelier Mourlot Paris, France) circa 1970 using opaque slate blue ink on Buff color ARCHES paper 100% acid free. Young Girl Posing Beneath Chandelier portrays a topless young girl, eyes closed, wearing a floppy hat, striking a pose on the lower portion of the composition with a silhouetted image of a chandelier positioned at the very top.
Print size - 16.5 x 12 inches, Image size - 10 x 9.5 in., unframed, excellent condition, rare unsigned Printers Proof/trial proof from an unknown early edition, fine hand printed impression
Historic Note on Bank Street Atelier -
Bank Street Atelier was founded in 1969 by George J. Goodstadt (Fine Arts Publisher) along with Jacques Mourlot, third generation of the famous Mourlot print shop in Paris, France. Bank Street Atelier became one of the premier lithography print studios in NYC at that time and became a major graphic center, which attracted many of the Modern American Masters of the 1970’s, including Alexander Calder, Willem deKooning, Red Grooms, Al Hirschfeld, Ellsworth Kelly, Romare Bearden, Fairfield Porter, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Alex Katz and many more. The resulting prints were produced with the highest quality and earned a reputation in the art world for professionalism and excellence in lithographic printmaking.
About the artist - Mel Ramos(1935 - 2018, California)
Mel Ramos is an American Pop artist best known for his female nudes painted alongside brand logos. The artist’s coupling of women with familiar products like martini glasses and bananas serves as a commentary on the ways in which capitalism has employed the female body.
“I make sure that my pictures are not too erotic and that they always have a trace of humor,” he said of his work. “I make sure they are ‘in good taste.’ Either you understand it or not.”
Born on July 24, 1935 in Sacramento, CA, Ramos like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, found inspiration through the comic books Wonder Woman and Superman growing up and later pinup posters...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED Signed Lithograph, Realist Portrait, Plum Top Blue Skirt
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
BRUSSEL-SMITH SELF PORTRAIT Hand Drawn Stone Lithograph, Bearded Man w Pipe
Located in Union City, NJ
BRUSSEL-SMITH SELF PORTRAIT is an original hand drawn stone lithograph by the American artist Bernard Brussel-Smith, hand printed by Master printer Joseph Kleineman, JK Fine Art Edit...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cap'n A.B Dick (A) gray fisherman portrait sou'wester hat R.B. Kitaj lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Kitaj’s drawing is of a fisherman in profile, wearing a sou’wester: a collapsible rain hat. The image is a wry portrait, ostensibly of Albert Blake Dick, ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SEATED SEAMSTRESS Signed Lithograph, Young Woman Measuring Tape Dress Form
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED SEAMSTRESS is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kanovitz Surrealist cityscape street scene with pedestrians and geometric forms
Located in New York, NY
A surreal juxtaposition of geometric forms and uncannily realistic pedestrians forms the composition of this moody screen print. Framed by a flat of charcoal grey, a man in shadow i...
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Late 20th Century Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
SHOWER PORTRAIT (SILVER)
Located in Aventura, FL
Silkscreen on canvas with diamond dust. Hand signed, dated, and numbered on verso by the artist. Edition of 25. Canvas is stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Carole A. Feuerman is an American Hyper-Realist sculptor. Along with artists like Duane Hanson...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Canvas, Screen
Acrobats, Michele Zalopany. Black and white monotype painting landscape
Located in New York, NY
In this black and white monotype, Zalopany has captured a duo of tumblers atop a roof, as onlookers stare in wonder. The artist is able to cap...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Monotype
ARLINGTON HOUSE Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Victorian House Portrait, Realism
Located in Union City, NJ
ARLINGTON HOUSE is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by Merv Corning printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arc...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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