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Art Subject: Child
Apple Blossom Time, Folk Art Screenprint by Kay Ameche
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Apple Blossom Time, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Size: 22 in. x 26 in. (55.88 cm x 66...
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1980s Folk Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Ladies in Flag, Surrealist Lithograph by Robert Anderson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Anderson, American (1945 - 2010) - Ladies in Flag, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: Trial Proof, Size: 20 in. x 28 in. (50.8 cm x 71.12 cm)...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Gathering Cane, Folk Art Lithograph by Gina Lombardi Bratter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Gina Lombardi Bratter, American - Gathering Cane, Year: circa 1978, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 40, Size: 31 in. x...
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Vin Mariani, Popular French Tonic Wine by Jules Chéret, Japon lithograph, 1896
Located in Chicago, IL
Vin Mariani was the world's first commercial cocaine-based product, pre-dating the notorious cocaine-based soda Coca Cola by over two decades. The stimulat...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Uses and Customs - Dress of Ancient Rite - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Dress of Ancient Rite is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History o...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Consummatum Est! - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Veni, domine Iesu (The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak) is an artwork realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Circa 1960 original poster by Onell for Cafes Celtica"
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1960 original poster by Onell, titled "Cafes Celtica," exudes an aura of vintage charm and timeless elegance. Created during an era known for its artistic vibrancy and cult...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper, Linen

The adventures of Dixwell Hastings (episode 200) (Pop Art, Urban Art)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X The adventures of Dixwell Hastings (episode 200) (Pop Art, Street Art, Urban Art) Digital Print on Archival Paper Year: 2021 Edition: 125 Size: 30 x 30 in - 78 x 78 cm Signed...
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2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Digital

Don't Listen! - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Don't listen! (Non ascoltare!) is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. B./W.  woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 4/89 specimen...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

"Avril, " Etching with Aquatint by Manuel Robbe, circa 1906
Located in Long Island City, NY
This etching with aquatint was created by French printmaker Manuel Robbe. Robbe’s innovative techniques, along with his sense of color harmony and his choice of subjects: stylish wom...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Resurrection - Lithography - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The Resurrection is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Signe...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Cupid and Animals - Etching by Secondo De Angelis - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid and Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Secondo De Angelis in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching be...
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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Young Girl with Flowers - Original lithograph - 1897
Located in Paris, IDF
Firmin BOUISSET Young girl with flowers Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate 1897/98 Printed on paper Vélin Size 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION : Published by...
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1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Isabelle Van Zeijl - LUSTRA, Photography 2022, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: The Ocean C Print Mounted on Dibond Perspex Face Available sizes and editions: 44.5" x 40.5", Edition of 6 + 2 AP Ancient and primal, the Ocean, our mother of mothers. The...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Pigment, Carbon Pi...

L'atelier- Musee du Louvre after Georges Braque, 1961
Located in New York, NY
This very rare original lithographic poster was designed by Georges Braque and printed by the Atelier Mourlot in 1961 for an exhibition at the Louvre Museum that year. This image was...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Patience and A Quiet Read diptych
Located in Deddington, GB
A Quiet Read [2014] limited_edition oil Edition number 120 Image size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Giclée

The Mistress - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Mistress is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. B./W. Woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 1/89 specimens and titled on the...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

L'Amour, Contemporary Lithograph by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - L'Amour, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Size: 33 in. x 24 in. (83.82 cm x 60.96 cm...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

The Fisherman's Wife - Lithograph by Giovanni Omiccioli - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces.  Excellent condition.
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Courtesan Midorigi
By Chokosai Eisho
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed: Eisho zu From the series: "Contest of Beauties in the Pleasure District" (Kakuchi bijin-kurabe) Format: Oban Publisher: Yamaguchi ya Chusuke The courtesan Midorigi of the Wakamatsu ya bordello depicted against a decorated ground, holding an ornamental sculpture of an ox. Eisho Chokosai was a pupil of Eisho Hosoda, and is also known as Eisho Hosoda. Reference: Richard Lane...
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1790s Portrait Prints

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Woodcut

Music - Original Woodcut Print by Arturo Martini - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Music is an original woodcut on ivory-colored paper, realized at the beginning of the XX century by the Italian artist Arturo Martini (Treviso, 1889 - Milan, 1947). On the lower margin, the printed inscriptions with the title and the author: "Music / Martini de la Valle...
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20th Century Nude Prints

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Woodcut

Henri Rivière's circa 1895 creation for Le Théâtre du Chat Noir
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri Rivière's circa 1895 creation for "Le Théâtre du Chat Noir: L'Enfant Prodigue" stands as a whimsical masterpiece that invites us to step into the magical realm of Parisian caba...
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1890s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper, Linen

The Human Comedy - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Pablo Picasso - The Human Comedy - Lithograph Signed and dated in the plate Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm This artwork is a lithograph in colors on wov...
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1950s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Homage To Goya - Original Etching by Louis-Léopold Boilly - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
To Goya is an original etching on paper by Louis-Léopold Boilly. Hand-signed. Very good condition except for some stains. The artwork represents a composition of two men with perf...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marjorie Bacon (1877-1962) - Framed 1933 Mezzotint, Master John Lock
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine mezzotint engraving, after an original oil painting by Sir Henry Raeburn RA. Published by Henry Graves & Co ltd, London 1933. Mounted in an elegant Hogarth-style frame. On pap...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

Eurydice And Orpheus - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Eurydice And Orpheus from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Nicola Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding a...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Star Wars Stormtroopers The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Vintage Cinema Card
Located in London, GB
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Vintage Lobby Card #14 Original Star Wars lobby card of Storm Troopers on the death star Framing options available: Black, brown, white and ...
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1980s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Cardboard

Bouquet - Lithograph on Japon paper after Georges Braque - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Bouquet is a lithograph realized after George Braque in 1955. Mixed colored lithograph. Not signed. The artwork is from the portfolio Verve Carnets intimes. Original title: Le bou...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Interior Scene with Traditional Service by Utagawa Hiroshige - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This loverly original print is the work of the famous japanese Master Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). It represents an everyday scene with two characters in a perspective interior vi...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Olympic Stars Between Cloned Rabbits - Original Lithograph by W. Sweetlove -2008
Located in Roma, IT
This work is from the portfolio The Unique Collection for the Olympic Fine Arts 2008 presented during the Olympic Games and produced in 260 copies as the only official artistic pro...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Purple Poppies, Contemporary Limited Edition Etching
Located in Brecon, Powys
Signed and numbered (14 of 25) etching from this much collected Scottish Artist. Image 8 x 8 Excellent condition. Matted Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist ...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints

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Etching

Rembrandt Portrait Du Peintre Par Lui-Meme original lithograph 1974
Located in Paonia, CO
Rembrandt Portrait Du Peintre Par Lui-Meme is from the Changes in Great Masterpieces suite. In this series of six original lithographs in full color, Master Dali has given us a conce...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Bush Administration" Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Zeal Harris is known for creating seductive, caricaturesque, political, urban-vernacular, story paintings, with a blunt mix of high-brow/low-brow elements. Her micro-narratives offer...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Digital

The Public Execution - Lithograph after L.T. Foujita - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 20 x 15.2 cm. After Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita Lithographic reproduction in colors, from the set of sixteen illustrations from Propos d’un intoxiqué, by Jules Boiss...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ancient Roman Statues with Grails - Etching by C. Nolli - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues with grails, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century. Signed on the plate, on...
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18th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Joseph et fratres in Aegypto - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Joseph et fratres in Aegypto ("Joseph and his brothers in Egypt") is an artwork realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A Satirical Scene - Lithograph by E. Lavrate - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
A Satirical Scene is an original modern artwork realized by Edmond Lavrate in the second half of the XX Century. Original colored lithograph. Hand-signed on the lower right corne...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition - Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Vintage Offset Print on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini ( Italian Painter, 1909-1981) in the 1970s. The state of preservation of the artw...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Offset

Real Guard - Original Lithograph by Antonio Zezon - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
Real Guard is an original lithograph by Antonio Zezon. Naples, 1852. Interesting colored lithograph which describes the Real Guard, alongside with a Sapper in dressing uniform, a Gu...
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1850s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1961 Original tourism poster for Ajanta region in India - Bodhisattva Padmapani
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful tourism poster for the Ajanta region in India. The poster shows a Hindu fresco on the walls of the Ajanta caves. Classified as a UNESCO heritage site, the sumptuous 29 Budd...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

The Heyday - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Heyday -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 22 -  Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Pl...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Original poster of the airline SAS Scandinavian Airlines System - Geirangerfjord
Located in PARIS, FR
Nice poster of the airline SAS, Scandinavian Airlines System with a nice picture of the Geirangerfjord in Norway. The Geirangerfjord is one of the most beautiful fjords in Norway. Geirangerfjord is a real land and water paradise. Classified as a world heritage site by UNESCO, it reveals majestic mountains with steep walls, fabulous waterfalls and a road known and appreciated by nature lovers. Among the sites not to be missed on the Geirangerfjord, one should not miss the 7 sisters...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Figures - Drypoint by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered. Edition,3/40. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Italian writer, painter, engraver and journalist, winner of the Feltrinelli Prize for Painting in 1963 and first winner of the Forte dei Marmi Satira Prize in 1973.After completing his secondary education, he enrolls in university. An interventionist like many young people of his time, he took part in the Great War at the age of nineteen as a field artillery officer. At the end of the conflict he resumed his university studies in Siena and in 1920 he graduated in law. In 1924 he was called by Angiolo Bencini to take care of the printing of the magazine Il Selvaggio, openly uncompromising fascist, revolutionary and anti-bourgeois, where his first engravings were published. After a few years of coexistence between work at the newspaper and the law firm, at the beginning of 1926 he left the legal profession to take over the direction of Il Selvaggio which he would hold until 1942. In 1928 he was the author of the small book published by Vallecchi (Florence), Il Trastullo di Strapaese (little songs and engraved woodwinds) which collected fascist songs (the same book was seized several times from Antonio Gramsci during his detention). With the transfer of the editorial staff of the Selvaggio in 1925 from Colle di Val d'Elsa to Florence, Maccari collaborated with Ardengo Soffici, Ottone Rosai and Achille Lega. In the meantime, between 1927 and 1930, he made himself known to the general public as a painter by participating in various national exhibitions. Also in 1930 Maccari works in Turin at La Stampa as editor-in-chief and has the writer Curzio Malaparte as director. His presence in the cultural and editorial world of the fascist regime is very intense, he writes and collaborates with various magazines: Quadrivio, L'Italia Letteraria, L'Italiano and Omnibus by Leo Longanesi; then, during the war, in il Primato di Bottai and, subsequently again, in Il Mondo di Pannunzio (from the first number, in 1949), up to Documento by Federigo Valli. His graphic production is also vast, ranging from the Album of Vallecchi (1925), Il trastullo di Strapaese (1928) to Linoleum (1931). Maccari illustrated in 1934 La vecchia del Bal Bullier by Antonio Baldini and in 1942 he published the Album folder, followed by Come quando fuori Piove and Il superfluo illustrata.For his pictorial work full of evident chromatic accentuations and fast brushstrokes, the violent drawing combined with the lively stroke of the graphic sign of his engravings, he is recognized by critics as a complete artist. In 1962 he was also entrusted with the presidency of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and managed to obtain a personal exhibition at Gallery 63 in New York. His production of drawings, watercolors, temperas, etc. is endless, sometimes in collaboration with prestigious publishing houses; it is worth mentioning, just as an excellent example, the 32 b/w and color drawings with which he illustrated Il gusto di vivere, a volume that collects writings by Giancarlo Fusco, edited by Natalia Aspesi and published by Laterza in 1985. Maccari, Sienese and great contradaiolo della Torre, painted the Palio...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Paris-Ischia - Lithograph - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Paris-Ischia is a print realized by an Anonymous Artist in the 1880s century. Lithograph on paper. Titled. Good conditions. The artwork is represented through harmonious and cong...
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1880s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Falsifiers - WoodcutPrint - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Falsifiers from the Series "The Divine Comedy" is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not sig...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Needle in a Haystack by Zedsy
Located in New York, NY
Rare#163/264 edition direct from Zedsy. 21 x 26 Inches (53 x 66 cm) Screen print on 100% cotton 330gsm archival fine art paper. Print edition of Zedsy's 'Needle in a Haystack' Mon...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Saint Jerome by Amand-Durand after Albrecht Durer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Albrecht Dürer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) Title: Saint Jerome Year: 1873 Medium: Heliogravure Size: 9 x 7.25 in. (22.86 x 18.42 ...
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1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Papou du Havre Dorey - Lithograph by Auguste Wahlen - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Papou du Havre Dorey is a hand colored lithographs realized by Auguste Wahlen in 1844. Good condition. The artwork belongsto the Suite Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuple...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original advertising poster of the 1920s by René Lelong for the brand Kodak
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful advertising poster of the 1920s by René Lelong for the brand Kodak. Kodak was founded by George Eastman and Henry A. Strong on May 23, 1892. For...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Linen, Lithograph

Show and Tell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Show and Tell" 1999, is a color off set lithograph by British/American artist Pati Bannister, 1929-2013. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 476/950 in pencil by the artist. Published by Masters Publishing INC, New York. The image size is 17.5 x 21 inches, sheet size is 23.25 x 26 inches. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Pati Bannister was born in Highgate, England, overlooking London in 1929. Growing up, both of her parents were artists. Her mother painted watercolor landscapes, while her father painted portraits. To help further her natural talents, she took art lessons as a young girl and ultimately went to work for J. Arthur Rank, the movie maker, as an animator.​ At 22 years old, she came to the United States as a governess for a family in Connecticut. Later she became a flight attendant in Florida where she met her future husband, Glynn. Little did she know, he would become the strongest influence in her life as he inspired her to pursue and share her artistic abilities with the public. ​In 1958, Pati and Glynn moved to New Orleans and she started painting portraits in Jackson Square. Eventually, she opened two art galleries located in the French Quarter. In the late 1960's, they moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast...
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Late 20th Century Romantic Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

George Grosz Lithograph "Vor Sonnenaufgang" ( Before Sunrise ), 1922
Located in Berlin, DE
Color Lithograph on handmade paper from Ecce Homo, by George Grosz, 1922. Printed by Kunstanstalt Dr. Selle & Co. AG, Berlin Published by Malik Verlag, 1923. Numbered in Roman numera...
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1920s Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph

"Graffiti is a Crime" – Blue Acrylic Screen Print on Paper
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles based street artist that specializes in bold stencil and installation work, inspired by world news events, society, the urban environment, culture and ...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Acrylic, Archival Paper, Screen

Theodoor Galle Martin de Vos 17th Century engraving Temple Destruction Foretold
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below i...
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17th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

"Grounded" mixed media on yupo
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Zeal Harris is known for creating seductive, caricaturesque, political, urban-vernacular, story paintings, with a blunt mix of high-brow/low-brow elements. Her micro-narratives offer...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper

70s Original poster - Month of solidarity with the people of Korea - OSPAAAL
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster made in the 70's against US imperialism in South Korea by OSPAAAL. The Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL) created ...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

The Poet - Original Etching by Léopold Flameng - 1853
Located in Roma, IT
"The Poet" is an original etching on paper, realized by Léopold Flameng. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Signed on the plate. The artwork represents beautiful poets in a tavern, the etching technique is used. Léopold Flameng (1831 - 1911): Léopold F. was a French engraver, illustrator and painter. He was born of French parents. He was a medallist at the Exposition Universelle (1878) and was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1898 . Known for his etchings of works by Jan van Eyck , Leonardo da Vinci , Rembrandt , Ingres and Delacroix , he illustrated several books on Paris and numerous literary works of classical and contemporary authors, including Boccaccio , Paul Scarron , Victor Hugo and François Coppée . He had numerous students, including his son, François Flameng...
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1850s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

"The World Weary" Copper Plate Heliogravure
Located in Chicago, IL
2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extolling his artistic merits during his lifetime to showing something of a feigned disdain- more reflective of the world political order than a true change of heart for Hodler’s work. After years of Hodler being all but a footnote in the annals of art history and generally ignored, finally, the pendulum has righted itself once again. Recent retrospective exhibitions in Europe and the United States have indicated not only a joyful rediscovery of Hodler’s art but a firm conviction that his work and world view hold particular relevance today. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is not only a collection of printed work reflecting the best of all of his painted work created up to 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, the portfolio itself is an encapsulation of Hodler’s ethos, Parallelisme. Hodler developed his philosophy of Parallelisme as a unifying approach to art which strips away detail in search of harmony. By means of abstraction, symmetry and repetition, Hodler sought ways to depict Nature’s essence and her fundamental, universal order. He believed these universal laws governing the natural, observable world extend to the spiritual realm. Symbolist in nature with Romantic undertones, his works are equally portraits of these universal concepts and feelings governing all life as they are a visual portrait in the formal sense. Whether his subject is a solitary tree, a moment in battle, mortal fear, despair, the awe inspired by a vast mountain range, a tender moment or even the collective conviction in a belief, Hodler unveils this guiding principle of Parallelisme. Several aspects of Hodler’s portfolio reinforce his tenets of Parallelisme. The Table of Contents clearly preferences a harmonious design over detail. The two columns, consisting of twenty lines each, list the images by order of appearance using their German titles. The abbreviated titles are somewhat cryptic in that they obscure the identities of the sitters. Like the image Hodler presents, they are distillations of the sitter without any extraneous details. This shortening was also done in an effort to maintain a harmonious symmetry of the Table of Contents, themselves, and keep titles to a one-line limit. The twenty-fourth title: “Bildnis des Schweizerischen Gesandten C.” was so long, even with abbreviation, that it required two lines; so, for the sake of maintaining symmetry, the fortieth title: “Bauernmadchen” was omitted from the list. This explains why the images are not numbered. Hodler’s reasoning is not purely esoteric. Symmetry and pattern reach beyond mere formal design principles. Finding sameness and imposing it over disorder goes to the root of Hodler’s identity and his art. A Swiss native, Hodler was bi-lingual and spoke German and French. Each printed image, even number forty, have titles in both of Hodler’s languages. Certainly, there was a market for Hodler’s work among francophones and this inclusion may have been a polite gesture to that end; however, this is the only place in the portfolio which includes French. With German titles at the lower left of each image, Hodler’s name at bottom center and corresponding French titles at the lower right of each image, there is a harmony and symmetry woven into all aspects of the portfolio. This holds true for the page design, as it applies to each printed image and as it describes the Swiss artist himself. Seen in this light, Hodler’s portfolio of printed work is the epitome of Hodler’s Parallelisme. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is also one of the most significant documents to best tell the story of how Hodler, from Switzerland, became caught between political cross-hairs and how the changing tides of nations directly impacted the artist during his lifetime as well as the accessibility of his art for generations to come. The Munich-based publisher of the portfolio, R. Piper & Co., Verlag, plays a crucial role in this story. Publishing on a wide range of subjects from philosophy and world religion to music, literature and the visual arts; the publisher’s breadth of inquiry within any one genre was equal in scope. Their marketing strategy to publish multiple works on Hodler offers great insight as to what a hot commodity Hodler was at that time. R.Piper & Co.’s Almanach, which they published in 1914 in commemoration of their first ten years in business, clearly illustrates the rapid succession- strategically calculated for achieving the deepest and broadest impact - in which they released three works on Hodler to hit the market by the close of 1914. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was their premier publication. It preceded C.A. Loosli’s Die Zeichnungen Ferdinand Hodlers, a print portfolio after 50 drawings by Hodler which was released in Autumn of 1914 at the mid-level price-point of 75-150 Marks; and a third less expensive collection of prints after original works by Hodler, which had not been included in either of the first two portfolios, was released at the end of that year entitled Ferdinand Hodler by Dr. Ewald Bender. The title and timing of DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS' debut leaves little doubt as to the connection it has with another avant-garde portfolio of art prints, Das Werk Gustav Klimts, released in 5 installments from 1908 -1914 by Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Hodler, himself, was involved in Klimt’s ground-breaking project. As the owner of Klimt’s 1901 painting, “Judith with the Head of Holifernes” which appears as the ninth collotype print in the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Hodler was obliged to grant access of the painting to the art printers in Vienna for them to create the collotype sometime before 1908. Hodler had been previously invited in 1904 to take part in what would be the last exhibition of the Vienna Secession before Klimt and others associated with Galerie Miethke broke away. In an interview that same year, Hodler indicated that he respected and was impressed by Klimt. Hodler’s esteem for Klimt went beyond the art itself; he emulated Klimt’s method aimed at increasing his market reach and appeal to a wider audience by creating a print portfolio of his painted work. By 1914, Hodler and his publisher had the benefit of hindsight to learn from Klimt’s Das Werk publication. Responding to the sluggish sales of Klimt’s expensive endeavor, Hodler’s publisher devised the same diversified 1-2-3 strategy for selling Hodler’s Das Werk portfolio as they did with regards to all three works on Hodler they published that year. For their premium tier of DAS WERKS FERDINAND HODLERS, R. Piper & Co. issued an exclusive Museum quality edition of 15 examples on which Hodler signed each page. At a cost of 600 Marks, this was generally on par with Klimt’s asking price of 600 Kronen for his Das Werk portfolio. A middle-tiered Preferred edition of 30, costing somewhat less and with Hodler’s signature only on the Title Page, was also available. The General edition, targeting the largest audience with its much more affordable price of 150 Marks, is distinguishable by its smaller size. Rather than use the subscription format Miethke had chosen for Klimt’s portfolios which proved to have had its challenges, R. Piper & Co. employed a different strategy. In addition to instantly gratifying the buyer with all 40 of the prints comprising DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS and the choice among three price points, they advertised in German journals a fourth possibility of ordering single prints from them directly. These printed images are easily discernible from the three complete folio editions. The paper size of the single purchased images is of the larger format like the Museum and Preferred editions, measuring 65 h x 50 w cm; however, the paper itself is the same copper print paper used in the General edition and then mounted on poster board. The publishing house positioned itself to be a direct retailer of Hodler’s art. They astutely recognized the potential for profitability and the importance, therefore, of having proprietary control over his graphic works. R. Piper & Co. owned the exclusive printing rights to Hodler’s best work found in their three publications dating from 1914. That same year, a competing publication out of Weimar entitled Ferdinand Hodler: Ein Deutungsversuch von Hans...
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Dancing Group, Folk Art Etching with Aquatint by Ira Moskowitz
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Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Dancing Group, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 3/150, Image Size: 11.75 x 13...
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Prints

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