American Modern Prints and Multiples

Etching on fine, laid antique Head & Co. paper with a partial watermark. 1/2 x 13/16 (13 x 21 mm), full margins. Signed, dated, and inscribed "II" in pencil, lower margin. A trial pr...

This is one print – printed in full color on 15" x 20" heavy cream-colored paper. It is from a limited edition series of 175, the portfolio is hand numbered and hand signed by Chris Ware. the individual prints are not. The page with the hand signature is included here as a photo for reference only it is not included in this sale. Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967), is an American cartoonist known for his Acme Novelty Library series (begun 1994) and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (2000) and Building Stories (2012). His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional torment and depression. He tends to use a vivid color palette and realistic, meticulous detail. His lettering and images are often elaborate and sometimes evoke the ragtime era or another early 20th-century American design style. Ware often refers to himself in the publicity for his work in self-effacing, even withering tones. He is considered by some critics and fellow notable illustrators and writers, such as Dave Eggers, to be among the best currently working in the medium; Canadian graphic-novelist Seth has said, "Chris really changed the playing field. After him, a lot of [cartoonists] really started to scramble and go, 'Holy [expletive], I think I have to try harder.'" While still a sophomore at UT, Ware came to the attention of Art Spiegelman, who invited Ware to contribute to Raw, the influential anthology magazine Spiegelman was co-editing with Françoise Mouly. Ware has acknowledged that being included in Raw gave him confidence and inspired him to explore printing techniques and self-publishing. His Fantagraphics series Acme Novelty Library defied comics publishing conventions with every issue. Ware's art reflects early 20th-century American styles of cartooning and graphic design, shifting through formats from traditional comic panels to faux advertisements and cut-out toys. Stylistic influences include advertising graphics from that same era; newspaper strip cartoonists Winsor McCay (Little Nemo in Slumberland) and Frank King (Gasoline Alley); Charles Schulz's post-WWII strip Peanuts and the cover designs of ragtime-era sheet music. Ware has spoken about finding inspiration in the work of artist Joseph Cornell and cites Richard McGuire's strip Here as a major influence on his use of non-linear narratives. He is one of the great practitioners who have elevated the graphic novel style along with, Shepard Fairey, Ben Katchor and Robert Crumb. Quimby the Mouse was an early character for Ware and something of a breakthrough. Rendered in the style of an early animation character like Felix the Cat, Quimby the Mouse is perhaps Ware's most autobiographical character. Ware's Building Stories was serialized in a host of different venues. It first appeared as a monthly strip in Nest Magazine. Installments later appeared in a number of publications, including The New Yorker, Kramer's Ergot, and most notably, the Sunday New York Times Magazine. Building Stories appeared weekly in the New York Times Magazine from September 18, 2005 until April 16, 2006. A full chapter was published in Acme Novelty Library, number 18. Another installment was published under the title "Touch Sensitive" as a digital app released through McSweeneys. The entire narrative was published as a boxed set of books by Pantheon in October 2012. Ware was commissioned by Chip Kidd to design the inner machinations of the bird on the cover of Haruki Murakami's novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. In 2011, Ware created the poster for the U.S. release of the 2010 Palme d'Or winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Awards and honors Over the years his work garnered several awards, including the 1999 National Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Comic Book for Acme Novelty Library and Award for Graphic Novel for Building Stories. Ware has won numerous Eisner Awards and multiple Harvey Awards. In 2002, Ware became the first comics artist to be invited to exhibit at Whitney Museum of American Art biennial exhibition. With Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb and Gary Panter, Ware was among the artists honored in the exhibition "Masters of American Comics" at the Jewish Museum in New York City, New York, from September 16, 2006 to January 28, 2007. His work was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in 2006 and at the University of Nebraska's Sheldon Museum of Art, in 2007. Many famous artists have done covers for the New Yorker Magazine including, Saul Steinberg, Maira Kalman, Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly, Charles Addams, Peter Arno, Roz Chast, Ed Koren...

Adriaan Lubbers New York City, The El at Chatham Square, 1930 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Rives vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 in) Very good condition

"Silver Mine, Russell Gulch (12/25)" is a striking black-and-white lithograph by German-born American Modernist Arnold Ronnebeck (1885–1947). This rare print depicts a historic minin...

A vibrant celebration of Taos life and culture, Saturday Morning (Market, Taos Plaza, New Mexico) is a striking 1950s modernist linocut print by acclaimed New Mexico artist Barbara L...

A collage lithograph from her series Various Flying Creatures by Kiki Smith titled: "bat." Smith has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures fo...

"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Editio...

Artist: Tom Wesselmann Title: Still Life with Fruit Portfolio: 1¢ Life Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1964 Edition: 2000 Frame Size: 20 5/8" x 29 1/2" Sheet Size: 16 1/4" x 22 3/...

This artwork titled "The Owl that calls upon the Night speaks the Unbeliever's" 1968 is an original woodcut on Makuroko paper by noted American artist Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000. It i...

This artwork titled "Stag" 1957 is an original woodcut on laid paper by noted American artist Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000. It is hand signed and inscribed A.P. (Artist Proof) pencil by...

Limited Edition series of Classic a couple Porsche Targa within Palm Springs California. Mid Century Modern Design Architecture. Photography by Tom Blachford. What began for Tom Bla...

"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...

"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery. Archival photographic paper Framing options ava...

Original Lido “Gala Revue” Pourquoi pas!, linen-backed French cabaret poster by famed artist Rene Gruau. Very fine, grade A condition. The image of an elegant woman in her cabaret...

Alongside, 1941 Tod Lindenmuth (American, 1885-1976) Color Woodblock Print 9 x 7 inches 19.75 x 14.5 inches with frame Signed Lower Right Titled and Dated Lower Left A founder of the Provincetown Art Association and one of the original Provincetown Printers, Tod Lindenmuth was a semi-abstract painter and graphic artist who did much to promote modernist styles. Although he was much influenced by Abstract Expressionism, his subject matter was realistic enough to be recognizable. He did linoleum cuts and was one of the first to work with that medium, and towards the end of his life, he experimented with collage. In the 1930s, he had commissions for the Public Works of Art Project and the Works Progress Administration. Lindenmuth was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He studied with Robert Henri at the New York School of Art in Manhattan, and in Provincetown with E. Ambrose Webster and George Elmer Browne. He first exhibited in Provincetown in 1915, and between 1917 and 1928 served on the jury for the Provincetown Art Association's 'First Modernistic Exhibition". He exhibited regularly with the Society of Independent Artists in New York. He married artist and illustrator Elizabeth Boardman Warren...

Adolf Dehn's, lithograph about burlesque, The Big Hearted Girls #2 (also known as The Last Veil), is filled with dancing girls and fabulous costumes. That central figure is a marvel!...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Flowers (black and white), 1986 Original silkscreen (Printer Alexander Heinrichi, New York) Signed in pencil with the monogram lower right Countersigned in p...

This artwork titled "Summer Field" 1965, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Richard Claude Ziemann, b.1932. It is hand signed, titled, dated and inscribed ...

Archival pigment print on 300 GSM cotton rag fine art matte paper. Dimensions of 27x22 in. Released in 2021 from an edition of 673.

This artwork titled "Kazakh Steppes" 1965, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Richard Claude Ziemann, b.1932. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered...

Strange Animals Engraving, 1949 Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by the artist The composition was created at the Univerisity of Iowa while the artist was enrolled in the famous M...

This artwork titled "Jaguar Family" 1980 is an original color serigraph on paper by noted American artist Leroy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbered 157/300 in pencil by...

"Ali vs Frazer" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of ...

Shift Change Mike Goscinsky, American (1933–2021) Woodblock on thin wove paper, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition of 15/75 Image Size: 14 x 19 inches Size: 22 x 26.5 in. ...

Benton Spruance, 'A Wind is Rising and the Rivers Flow', color lithograph, 1945, edition 40, Fine and Looney 242. Signed, dated, and titled, and annotated 'Ed 40' in pencil. A fine ...

A contemporary photograph of a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "BORN IN THE USA" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These i...

Vienna Lipizzaner Engraving, 1962 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Titled and numbered lower left (see photo) This impression is from the second edtition printed c. 1992 1st ...

This artwork titled "Marshland" 1962, is an original drypoint etching by noted American artist Peter Winslow Milton, b.1930. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 31/40 in pe...

This artwork titled "Fallscape" 1961, is an original drypoint etching by noted American artist Peter Winslow Milton, b.1930. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 15/40 in pencil by ...

Etching on cream laid paper, 12 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (328 x 140 mm); sheet 14 7/8 X 8 3/8 inches (389 x 217 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil in the lower right margin. Fro...

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...

A superb impression of a scarce proof on rare paper. Etching on blue laid watermarked "Hand Made" paper, 7 3/8 x 3/14 inches (188 x 83 mm); sheet 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (292 x 209 mm...

A nostalgic image of a bucolic farmyard and thatched cottage, hearkening to a bygone era. c 1920. Etching with drypoint on laid watercolor paper with deckle edges, and an indiscerni...

New York: 1947. Etching on white wove paper, 7 x 5 inches (752 x125 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. In very good condition with some minor spots of ligh...

A masterful rendering of Kukulkan at the base of the west face of the northern stairway of El Castillo, Chichen Itza. Etching on antique watermarked fine Barcelona cream laid paper,...

Etching on cream wove paper, 2 3/8 x 3/14 inches (61 x 83), full margins. Signed, dated and inscribed "IV" in the artist's hand. In superb condition with the numerals "365" written i...

Etching with aquatint on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (598 x 317 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/10 i...

Original Talco Paglieriri Italian poster, Linen backed by Gino Boccasile. Size: 13.25" x 19". Year: c. 1949-1950. Very good condition. Grade A., ready to frame. The bab...

"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery. Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS" Destr...

Limited Edition series of Classic a couple Porsche Targa within Palm Springs California. Mid Century Modern Design Architecture. Photography by Tom Blach...

A contemporary photograph of the "Top Gun" soundtrack. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes have become mor...

Côte de l’Atlantique, Chemins de fer Français vintage SNCF travel poster - Gaston Larrieu, 1971. Original Authentic Vintage Travel Poster — Linen-Backed. Very good condition, ready ...

Original museum grade exhibition prints on acid-free archival photographic luster paper. These are the highest quality NASA prints ever produced. Edition of 250 Taken aboard Apollo...

Original poster: Bieres D' Aubel. Artist Odette Servais. Size: 21" x 28.5". Original vintage French beer poster. Archival linen-backed and ready to frame. Excellent condition. It was...

A contemporary photograph of a NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These ...

"Air Jordan" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundre...

Francisco Souto has created his self portrait working on the plate of a mezzotint. This is impression #14 from an edition of only 23. Souto received a BFA from Herron School of Art ...

Michael Mazur (American, 1935-) Hand signed and titled The Lake II, 1985 Color monotype Hand signed, titled, and dated in pencil lower margin Dimensions overall: 47 x 82 in. (frame) ...

Etching on extremely delicate antique Japon laid paper, 12 x 5 (305 x 127 mm); sheet 15 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches (400 x 178 mm), full margins. In very good condition. A magnificently detai...

This 1994 reproduction of The Cornell Farm by Edward Hicks, published by Graphique de France, highlights the artist's folk art style. Depicting a tranquil farm scene with meticulous ...

William P. Hicks has drawn everything about the circus that will fit in the plate. The main figure is an aerial act with a woman balancing on rope held by a figure on the floor. Ther...

Original 1957 “Emprunt SNCF Souscrivez” vintage French poster by Paul Schmitt, linen-backed and ready to frame. The poster had been folded for shipment, and the fold lines were res...

A complicated collaboration between two perfectionists. by John Taylor Arms & Kerr Eby Etching on cream laid paper with a deckle edge, 12 5/8 x 8 11/16 (322 x 222 mm); sheet 18 x 11...

Etching with aquatint on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (598 x 317 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 23/50 ...

Etching on cream laid antique J Whatman paper with a watermark, 4 1/2 x 2 3/8 inches (109 x 61 mm); sheet 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches (216 x 153 mm), full margins. A proof impression from t...

Etching with aquatint in colors on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 18 x 15 inches (457 x 381 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 123/...

Etching with aquatint on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (598 x 317 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 38/50 ...

Etching on delicate, fibrous Japon paper with a deckle edge, 8 7/8 x 4 1/8 (227 x 105 mm); sheet 12 x 7 7/8 inches (304 x 100 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil in the low...

Original Vintage Poster, Moscow 1980, Olympic Games. Levi's Skiing North America. Original first printing of this poster. Official sponsors of the US team for the 1980 Olympic Games. The campaign was titled “Levi’s Olympic Opportunity Sweepstakes," and each poster emphasized the sport associated with one of the six continents: Great artwork depicting a sliding red skier with the globe behind, highlighting the North American continent. This poster is linen-backed and in excellent condition, ready to frame. One of six posters produced by Levi-Strauss for the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. The posters were created with a sport that was associated with of the six continents. Levi's logo and stylized title text in the margin below the images. Levi's commissioned FCB Advertising in San Francisco to produce a set of six posters and designed by some of the top commercial artists of the 1970s and 1980s. The US pulled out of the Moscow Olympics due to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. A small group of these posters was printed. Levi’s abandoned the promotions. The posters were withdrawn following the decision by US President Carter to boycott the Olympics in protest after the USSR invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. The U.S. boycott in 1980 applied to the Moscow SUMMER Olympic Games The artists who created the Levi 1980 Olympic posters...

DARTH VADER from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977 This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys" "They encapsulat...