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Expressionist Prints and Multiples

EXPRESSIONIST STYLE

While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared. 

Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.

Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.

Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.

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Style: Expressionist
Ancestor Face - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) Ancestor Face Original Lithograph Printed signature in the plate Numbered / 400 ex On vellum 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12 x 9 in) Excellent condition
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Alone - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Alone from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 67 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition ...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Mockery / - Desk Perpetrators -
By Josef Scharl
Located in Berlin, DE
Josef Scharl (1896 Munich - 1954 New York), Mockery, 1935 (1964), Bronner 30 A. Woodcut on Japanese paper, 51.8 x 25.7 cm (image), 65 cm x 37 cm (sheet size), signed lower right in t...
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1930s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Felicitation
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Print Offest Ink on Linen Size: 32W x 39Hx 2 D In Unmounted artwork Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authentic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Ink

Buffet, Nature morte aux fruits, Lithographs 1952-1966 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin Acropole Papeteries de Renage paper. Year: 1967 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Japanese girl with flowery hairstyle
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Japanese girl with flowery hairstyle Lithograph from 1981. Artsit's edition. On Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 53.5 x 39 cm. Hand signed. The wo...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Death - Woodcut Print by Conrad Felixmüller - 1960 ca
Located in Roma, IT
The Death is a woodcut print realized by Conrad FelixMuller (1897-1977) in the 1960s. Autographed note by the artist in the right margin. 36x42 cm with frame. Good conditions.
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Le Reve de Jacob, Large Framed Expressionist Etching by Theo Tobiasse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Theo Tobiasse, French (1927 - 2012) Title: Le Reve de Jacob Year: 1984 Medium: Etching with Carborundum, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 65/75 Image: 27 x 22.5 inc...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Coll Bardolet. 34 Bolero Mallorquin original ceramic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero Mallorquin original ceramic painting Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista work. With different own museu...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Ceramic

"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist art...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Buffet, Nature morte a la bouteille, Lithographs 1952-1966 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin Acropole Papeteries de Renage paper. Year: 1967 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Robespierre
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Robespierre Lithograph from 1977. The edition of 103/150. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. The work is i...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Danton
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Danton Lithograph from 1977. The edition of 103/150. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Exc...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Mujeres en el agua, Surrealist Lithograph by Armando Morales
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Armando Morales, Nicaraguan (1927 - 2011) Title: Figuras Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Mère et enfant, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Mère et enfant, 1986, état noir Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche 67,5 x 51 cm / 76 x 54 cm Très rare exemplaire D'une édition à 30 exemplaires sur Arches de l'état noir. Bibliographie: Imprimeur: Mourlot, Paris Editeur: Galerie Matignon, Paris Bibliographie: Jansem Lithographe, 1984-1993, Flora Jansem, Paris, n. 50, reproduit p. 56, référencé p. 109. "Ma première lithographie date de 1954. Elle représente un enfant en haillons portant deux seaux d'eau, d'après un croquis rapporté de Cordoue lors de mon voyage en Espagne en 1952. Je l'exécutai sur pierre, au pinceau et à l'encre lithographique. Je fus déçu du résultat et n'en tirai qu'un essai et une épreuve. Quatre ans plus tard, je réalisai une dizaine de nouvelles lithographies, toujours sur pierre, la plupart en noir. Au lieu d'employer l'encre et le crayon...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"And Deborah, A Prophet" From the suite "Judges and Kings"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "And Deborah, A prophet" From the suite "Judges and Kings" is an original etching on Arches paper by Ukrainian/American artist Ben Zion Weinman...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Songs of Songs of King Salomons
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: "The Songs of Songs of King Solomons" Year: 1975 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered LVII/C in pencil Paper: Jap...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Hage, Pyrenees , France original etching by J.J. Regal
Located in Paonia, CO
La Hage, Pyrenees , France  by French artist J.J. Regal is an original signed, limited edition aquatint etching printed on BFK Rives paper. This is a very bold design with an or...
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20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Baie de Trépassés
Located in New York, NY
An excellent impression of this large color aquatint. Numbered in pencil 99/175. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Vollard, Paris. Catalogue reference: Chapon/Rouault 141; ...
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1930s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Color, Aquatint

Voyage au Japon
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Voyage au Japon Lithograph from 1981. Artsit's edition. On Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 53.5 x 39 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellent co...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Little Template
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - The Little Template Lithograph from 1981. Artsit's edition. On Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 71 x 53.5 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellen...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"And Put on the Eyes of Zedekiah" From the suite "Judges and Kings"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "And Put on the Eyes of Zedekiah" From the suite "Judges and Kings" is an original etching on Arches paper by Ukrainian/American artist Ben Zion Weinman...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Portrait of a Man, Etching by Kathe Kollwitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled - Portrait of a Man Kathe Kollwitz German (1867–1945) Portfolio: Kathe Kollwitz: Acht Originalradierungen Etching, publisher blindstamp lower right corner Image Size: 11 x...
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1950s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Männlicher Kopf im Profil (Male Head in Profile) /// German Expressionism Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976) Title: "Männlicher Kopf im Profil (Male Head in Profile)" Portfolio: Das Spiel Christa vom Schmerz der Schönheit des Weibes (The Play Christa from the Pain of the Beauty of the Woman) *Issued unsigned Year: 1918 Medium: Original Woodcut Engraving on wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Fritz Voigt, Berlin, Germany Publisher: Verlag Die Aktion, Berlin, Germany Reference: Schapire No. 219, page 45; Jentsch No. 35. Rifkind No. 2563; Lang No. 300; Reed No. 118 Overall size with attached page: 8.5" x 10.63" Sheet size: 8.5" x 5.38" Image size: 4" x 3.38" Condition: Toning to sheet (as normal). In very good condition Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Oxnard, CA. Comes from a complete originally bound 48 page folio with 9 original woodcut engravings by Schmidt-Rottluff. Text by Alfred Brust. Presently attached to its accompanying page. The cover and title pages in pictures are not included, only for reference/provenance. There is an example of this work in the permanent collection of the Brücke Museum, Berlin, Germany. Biography: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (born December 1, 1884, Rottluff, near Chemnitz, Germany—died...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Woodcut

Ecstasy - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Ecstasy is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the platen.16 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-Ve...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Buffet, Le torero, Lithographs 1952-1966 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin Acropole Papeteries de Renage paper. Year: 1967 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Hunger - Lithograph by George Grosz - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Hunger is an original litograph, realized by George Grosz in 1924, from Hunger Hilfe Von Künstlern, edition of Neuer Deutscher Verlag, Included a frame. In very good conditions. Here representing a family, with a child, outside of bakery shop looking with desire and despair through the bread of shop, the title of the artwork, Hunger, critically demonstrated an allegorical and dramatic representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war. George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic. He studied drawing at the Dresden Academy 1909-11 and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin 1912-14, He was in the army 1914-15 and again for a short time in 1917, but spent the rest of the war in Berlin where he made violently anti-war drawings, in which his main focus was attacking the social corruption of Germany (capitalists, prostitutes, the Prussian military caste, the middle class). His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings were published in albums (Gott mit uns...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Yellow Donkey (Der Gelbe Esel) (Esther Gentle Reproduction)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Paul Klee (after) The Yellow Donkey (Der Gelbe Esel) Year: 1939 Lithograph Size: 14.125x19.6 on 20.6x26 inches Esther Gentle, Reproduction, 1952 Edition: 300 Inscribed in pencil stam...
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1930s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled (Personages Drinking)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled (Personages Drinking)" c.2005, is an original serio lithograph (serigraph and lithograph) on paper by renown American figurative expressionist artist Michael Todd White, b.1969. It is signed and numbered 24/350. The artwork (Image) Size is 9.25 x 21 inches, framed size is 19 x 30 inches. Custom framed in a wood veneer and black frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Michael Todd White (born October 10, 1969, in San Antonio, Texas) is a figurative expressionist painter.[1] He has also been described as an avant-garde expressionist. White was named the official artist for the Grammy Awards by the Recording Academy in 2007. His painting appeared on the ceremony's invitation and program book and served as the official image for the event. His work was featured in the Inspirations of Oz Fine Art Collection, an exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz. The collection toured designated cities all over the world including Miami, Los Angeles, Dubai, Japan, London, Toronto and Vienna. In 2010, White was chosen to provide sketches for Coca-Cola Light in Mexico. White's six sketches are depicted on different faces of Coca-Cola Light bottles and cans, each featuring his distinctive box signature. This was the first time that Coke had collaborated with a fine artist to depict artwork for its label. The bottles were released in August 2010.[5] As a result of some of these career achievements White has earned international recognition and a lengthy list of celebrity collectors. White's work hangs in a number of galleries in North America and he is currently one of the best selling artists in the United Kingdom. Some of White's most prominent exhibitions include a show at the Bank of Scotland in Manchester, England and at the unveiling of The World's Largest Todd White Collection, hosted by CNN's Larry King at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. Todd White's work was featured in the opening of Clarendon Fine Art Gallery in Hampstead, London alongside that of leading British contemporary artists Sherree Valentine-Daines and Christian Hook.
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

signed original etching - Artist's Proof
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. Thi...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Painter's Doctor
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was a seminal figure in 20th-century British art, celebrated for his raw and psychologically charged exploration of the human form. With his distinctive fi...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

In Thought - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
In Thought is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 37 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of D...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Offset

4 Animals, ed. of 12
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Birmelin became a professor of fine arts at Queens College in New York, and is known for paintings that magnify through texture the realism of natu...
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20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Mere Biblique
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: Mere Biblique Year: 1984 Medium: Color lithograph, with collage Edition: Numbered 172/175 in pencil Paper: Arches Image...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Buffet, La petite plage, Lithographs 1952-1966 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin Acropole Papeteries de Renage paper. Year: 1967 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Shark - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Shark is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 66 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-Ve...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

STELLA PEREGRINA
Located in Portland, ME
Marc, Franz (German, 1880-1916). STELLA PEREGRINA. FranzHanffstaengl, Munich, 1917. Only edition. Number 25 of the limited edition of 110. Folio (18 x 13 inches), parchment-bac...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Color

Femme Nue Assise from Le Reincarnations du Pere Ubu, by Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Femme Nue Assise from Le Reincarnations du Pere Ubu Georges Rouault, French (1871–1958) Date: 1928 Aquatint on Arches, signed in the plate Image Size: 10.5 x 6.5 inches Size: 17.5 x ...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Ecce Homo VII
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ecce Homo VII Woodcut, 1921 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist One of only three known impressions Created while the artist was studying at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. Extreme rarity-One of three know impressions Note: In 1921 Drewes went to the Bauhaus in Weimar, where, after completing the compulsory preliminary course with Johannes Itten, he continued to study with Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer and Georg Muche and initially went to the wall painting workshop. He then traveled extensively through Europe, North America and Asia. After returning to Germany in 1927, he went back to the Bauhaus, this time to his new location in Dessau, where he studied in the classes of László Moholy-Nagy and Wassily Kandinsky. He was one of the first artists to introduce the groundbreaking concepts of the Bauhaus School in the United States through his painting, printmaking, and teaching. Condition: Excellent Missing small voids in the upper margin from removal of the original hinges. Image size: 9 7/8 x 8 3/16 inches Reference: Rose 30 Provenance: From the estate of Drewes's teacher at the Bauhaus. During the pasot WW2 the professor lived in East Germany. WERNER DREWES 1899-1985 Werner Drewes initially studied architecture before enrolling, in 1921-22, at the Bauhaus in Weimar under Klee, Kandinsky, Itten and Feininger. For four years - 1923 to 1927 - he travelled the world with his bride, before completing his Bauhaus training in Dessau in 1929. He immigrated to the United States in 1930, documenting that move to New York through series of woodcuts. In 1936/37 he was an active founder of the American Abstract Artists and participated in the Federal Arts Project in New York before moving on to a teaching career at Washington University in St. Louis. As an artist for over sixty five years, he employed various media from drawing and watercolor, through woodcut and etching, to painting and collage. Translating an early interest in subjective cubistic forms, his work evolved into nonobjective abstraction. He was creative until the day of his death. Courtesy: Toby C. Moss Werner Drewes (1899–1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the first artists to introduce concepts of the Bauhaus school within the United States. His mature style encompassed both nonobjective and figurative work and the emotional content of this work was consistently more expressive than formal. Drewes was as highly regarded for his printmaking as for his painting. In his role as teacher as well as artist he was largely responsible for bringing the Bauhaus aesthetic to America. Early life and education Drewes was born in 1899 to Georg Drewes, a Lutheran pastor, and Martha Schaefer Drewes. The family lived in the village of Canig within Lower Lusatia, Germany. From age eight to eighteen he attended the Saldria Gymnasium, a boarding school in Brandenburg an der Havel. There, he showed talent both for painting and woodblock printing. Graduating from Saldria in 1917, he was drafted by the German army and served in France from then until the close of the war. About this period of his life he is reported to have said that the horrors of life at the front were only made tolerable by his sketchbook, a copy of Goethe's Faust and a volume of Nietzsche. For a decade following the close of the war he studied, made paintings and prints, and traveled widely. His friend, Herwarth Walden, helped shape his appreciation for expressionist literature and art. Walden produced the quarterly magazine, Der Sturm and ran a gallery of contemporary art, Galerie Der Sturm, from which, in 1919, Drewes purchased an expressionist painting by William Wauer titled Blutrausch (Bloodlust). In the same year he made the acquaintance of Heinrich Vogeler and participated in Vogeler's socialist utopian artists' commune, Barkenhoff, at Worpswede, Lower Saxony. In 1919 Drewes also enrolled at the Königlich Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg to study architecture and the following year he studied the same subject at the Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart. Preferring art over architecture, he then enrolled in Stuttgart's school of applied arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) where he studied life drawing and learned to work with colored glass. At this time he joined a group of artists and architects associated with the newly formed Merz Akademie, a college of design, art, and media in Stuttgart. In 1921 his friendship with a French artist, Sébastien Laurent, led him to begin studies in Weimar at Bauhaus, then a new school which taught an integrated approach to the fine and applied arts. His instructors were Johannes Itten and Lyonel Feininger, whose paintings were expressionist and abstract, and Paul Klee, who taught bookbinding, stained glass, and murals. While at Bauhaus Drewes produced a portfolio of ten woodblock prints entitled "Ecce Homo." In 1923 and 1924 he studied art during travels throughout Italy, Spain, the United States, and Central America and in 1926 he traveled to San Francisco, Japan, and Korea, thence taking the Trans-Siberian railway to Manchuria, Moscow, and Warsaw. He later said the El Grecos he saw proved to be most influential in his work. While traveling, he exhibited: (1) etchings in Madrid (1923) and Montevideo (1924), oils and etchings in Buenos Aires and St. Louis (1925), and (3) etchings in San Francisco (1926). He paid his way by the sales these exhibits produced and by taking commissions to paint portraits. While in San Francisco he set up a shop from which he sold prints he had made in Spain and South America. After his return to Germany in 1927 he resumed study at Bauhaus, which had been forced to relocate in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. His instructors at that time were László Moholy-Nagy (metal work), Wassily Kandinsky, and (painting), and Lyonel Feininger (prints). At this time he also worked and exhibited in Frankfurt. With the rise of Nazism abstract artists found it increasingly difficult to sell their work and, in 1930, Drewes, finding the political pressure unbearable, emigrated to the United States. There, despite the world economic crisis, Drewes was able to earn a living as a professional artist. Mature style After Drewes moved to New York, Kandinsky, who was both friend and mentor, continued to exert a strong influence over his style. Later in life he said he had a hard time getting away from Kandinsky's influence as he developed his own style. In time he was able to bring a more emotional approach to his work and to base it, more than Kandinsky did, on natural forms. In 1930 Drewes had a solo exhibition at the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library and a two-person show at the S.P.R. Penthouse Gallery...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Hypochondriac - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
The Hypochondriac is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.21 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, editio...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

The Lovers, Minimalist Nude Lithograph by Leon Golub
By Leon Golub
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leon Golub, American (1922 - 2004) Title: The Lovers Year: 1992 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 52/90 Size: 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm)
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1990s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Jewish Rabbi with Torah German Expressionist Woodcut Israeli Early Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil, woodblock print woodcut. Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting...
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20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Old and Young Woman - Lithograph Poster - Los Angeles County Museum #Mourlot
Located in Paris, IDF
Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) (after) Young and Old Woman Poster printed in offset lithograph (from Munch's original woodcut "Women on the Shore" of 1898) Printed in Mourlot workshop, Paris 76 x 53 cm (30 x 21") INFORMATION : Realised for the exhibition in the Los Angeles County Museum...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

'Improvisation 7' second ed. woodcut from 'Klänge' by Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Improvisation 7' second ed. woodcut from 'Klänge' is a woodcut print created by Wassily Kandinsky. The present woodcut print comes from the second edition of 'Klänge (Sounds),' a book of original graphics and poetry by Wassily Kandinsky. The title of the album and of this print, 'Improvisation,' demonstrated Kandinsky's interest in music and how abstract musical forms could be translated into images on a two-dimensional surface. This particular composition is difficult to read, but through the abstraction, one can make out various figures and a landscape beyond. Originally carved and printed in 1911, this second edition print was done ca. 1938. It is a woodcut in black ink on woven paper. Signed with encircled 'K' in the block, lower right (from the book, signed in ink, ed. 117/300) Image Size: 7 1/2" x 5 inches Frame Size: 22 1/4" x 18 3/4" Ref. Roethel 124 Artist Bio: The Museum of Modern Art described 'Klänge (Sounds)' as follows: Vasily Kandinsky's self-described "musical album," Klänge (Sounds), consists of thirty-eight prose-poems he wrote between 1909 and 1911 and fifty-six woodcuts he began in 1907. In the woodcuts Kandinsky veiled his subject matter, creating increasingly indecipherable images (though the horse and rider, his symbol for overcoming objective representation, runs through as a leitmotif). This process proved crucial for the development of abstraction in his art. Kandinsky said his choice of media sprang from an "inner necessity" for expression: the woodcuts were not merely illustrative, nor were the poems purely verbal descriptions. Kandinsky sought a synthesis of the arts, in which meaning was created through the interaction of, and space between, text and image, sound and meaning, mark and blank space. The experimental typography shows his interest in the physical aspects of the book. Klänge is one of three major publications by Kandinsky that appeared shortly before World War I, alongside Über die Geistige in der Kunst (Concerning the Spiritual in Art) and the Blaue Reiter almanac...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut, Laid Paper

A Life (B) R.B. Kitaj Film noir night city scene of woman in red dress
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the artist and numbered 49/50 lower left in pencil. Color lithograph on mauve Wookey Hole handmade waterleaf paper. This print features the encounter between an alluring ...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bold Black and White Etching on Paper 'The Colonial Governor' by Georges Rouault
Located in White Plains, NY
'The Colonial Governor' by Georges Rouault. Etching on paper, 10.5 x 6.5 in. / Frame: 19.5 x 14.5 in. This work is an exceptional example of Rouault's work, depicting the colonial go...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Youth - by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Youth is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 72 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of Der Malik-Verlag ...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Fuji Yama
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Fuji Yama Lithograph from 1981. Artsit's edition. On Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 71 x 53.5 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellent conditio...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Christina et sa poupée, 1985, original lithograph by Jean Jansem handsigned
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Christina et sa poupée, 1985 Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée et justifiée 76 x 54 cm Imprimeur: Mourlot, Paris Editeur Sanbi, Tokyo Bibliographie: Jan...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Three Men
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Francisco Corzas (Mexican, 1936-1983) Title: Three Men Year: 1968 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 17/30 in pencil Paper: Wove Image ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule', 1922 Intaglio by Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule’ (In the Winepress the Grapes were Crushed ) from the Misere Series, Plate #48 Georges Rouault, French (1871–1958) Date: 1922 Intaglio, signed and date...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Flower Bouquet - Original signed lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Henry Maurice D'ANTY Flower bouquet Original lithograph Signed in pencil by the artist On vellum, size 64 x 46 cm (c. 25,1 x 18,1 inch) Numbered /100 and dedicated Very good condit...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bouquet of Flowers - Original Lithograph - Signed in the Plate (Vallier #188)
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges BRAQUE Bouquet of flowers, 1961 Original lithograph in six colors (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum 34 x 26 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch) REFERENCE : Catal...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Justine y el Marquez de Sade, Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Jose Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) Title: Justine y el Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio Year: 1989 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 50...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

The Visit - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
The Visit is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 11 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Mali...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Offset

Seated boy with guitar
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Maybe he is my father at younger age…? ‒ The „boy with guitar“ is a picture about imminent joy, not lacking a little bit of nostagia.
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Acrylic

Voyage au Japon
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Voyage au Japon Lithograph from 1981. Artsit's edition. On Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 71 x 53.5 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellent co...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

In the Brothel - Lithograph by Eugen Hamm - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
In the Brothel is an original lithograph realized by Eugen Hamm, a german expressionist artist, in 1922. Good conditions, with some minor ...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Persian Ballet - Original Woodcut Print by Arturo Martini - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Persian Ballet is a xylograph on ivory-colored, realized at the beginning of the XX century by the Italian artist Arturo Martini (Treviso, 1889 - Milan, 1947). On the lower right ma...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

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