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Art Subject: Face
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 238), Picasso, La flûte double (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on papier a la cuve du moulin Richard de Bas paper, spécialement filigrané pour cette édition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From ...
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1960s Cubist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Degas, Dancer arranging her dress, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1945 Paper Size: 17 x 13 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Wouldn't it be nice... Limited Edition (print) by Murakami signed and numbered
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Wouldn't it be nice if we could do such a thing, 2018 by Takashi Murakami, published by Kaikai Kiki. Offset lithograph, numbered and signed by the artist; signed in the plate with th...
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2010s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Montmartre (Place Saint-Pierre), Paris Capitale, Maurice Utrillo
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Johannot paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Paris Capitale, 1955; published by Joseph Foret, Editeur d'Art, Paris...
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1950s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Imagerie de Wissembourg - Christmas Santa Claus - Lithograph and stencil - 1906
Located in Paris, IDF
Imagerie de Wissembourg Christmas Santa Claus, c. 1906 Lithograph, woodcut and stencil Drawing by C. Burckardt On paper 43 x 32.5 cm (c. 17 x ...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Renoir, Portrait de femme, Les Lithographies de Renoir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané à la marque de l'éditeur paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches; image size: 8.66...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Vase of Flowers, Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Vase of Flowers Year: 1979 Edition: 138/350, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Somerset paper Size: 30 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: S...
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1970s Pop Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Piper - Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Piper is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). Original hand-colored lithograph. Hand-signed on the lower left in pencil. Good co...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Song of Songs - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Song of Songs is an artwork realized by Marc Chagall, 1960s. Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Lithograph on both sheets. Edition of 6500 unsigned lithographs. Printe...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

AT THE OCEAN CLUB Signed Lithograph, Group Portrait, City, Boardwalk, Champagne
Located in Union City, NJ
AT THE OCEAN CLUB by the woman artist Robin Morris, is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed in 15 colors using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. AT THE OCEAN CLUB is a modern Art Deco style nightime party portrait of a man and two women elegantly dressed to go out posing on the boardwalk holding bubbling champagne glasses...
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1980s Art Deco Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

MECKLENBURG AUTUMN Hand Signed Lithograph, Black Women, African Mask, Quilt
Located in Union City, NJ
MECKLENBURG AUTUMN is an original limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Jim Dine Self Portrait in a Flat Cap (weeds) fourth state with plants flowers
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait in a Flat Cap (weeds) fourth state 1974 Etching in black on Apta 501 paper plate 25.4 x 31.4 cm / 10 x 12⅜ in. paper 66.0 x 50.8 cm / 26 × 20 in. Edition 38 with 14 Artist's Proofs this copy an artist’s proof Published by Petersburg Press, New York; printed by Alan Uglow and Winston Roeth Signed, dated and annotated A/P below impression The fourth state of a series of modifications of Jim Dine’s self portrait...
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1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

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Etching

Elizabeth Taylor Exhibition Vintage Art Poster after Andy Warhol
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor Exhibition Vintage Art Poster Andy Warhol, a leading figure in the Pop Art movement, revolutionized the art world with his iconic works that celebrated consumer cu...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Offset

Keith Haring Andy Mouse Bearbrick 400% (Haring Warhol BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Andy Mouse Bearbrick: 400%: A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Keith Haring. The partnered collectible reveals Keith Haring's 'Andy M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Reclining Nude Twins - Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Egon SCHIELE (after) Reclining Nude Twins Stone lithograph after a charcoal drawing of 1914 On vellum 50 x 64 cm (c. 19.7 x 25 inches) REFERENCES : The original drawing is part of...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Dianne Blell 'The Origin of Drawing' 1984- Poster
By Dianne Blell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of an original 1984 cibachrome photograph, The Origin of Drawing by Dianne Blell, showcases her signature approach to staged photographic tableaux. Inspired by myth...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Original "BEWARE Spreading Vital Informaton .. SILENCE" vintage WWII poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "Beware Spreading Vital Information Will Undermine Our War Effort. Do your Part In Silence" vintage World War 2 poster. Ori...
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1940s American Impressionist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur, 1948. Publ...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Basquiat Warhol Haring Bearbrick 400%: set of 6 works (Basquiat BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean Michel Basquiat Andy Warhol Keith Haring Bearbrick 400%: set of 6 individual works: A set of 6 unique, timeless pop art collectibles trademarked & licensed by the estates of Jea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Resin, Vinyl

Silver Dollar
Located in Greenwich, CT
Silver Dollar is a silver gelatin print on paper by Robert Mapplethorpe, titled, numbered, and dated verso. The print is signed and dated again on the back within his signature stamp...
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20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Paper, Silver Gelatin

Outbreak V
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Mezzotint Image size: 7 x 5 inches Sheet size is 11 x 15 inches Edition of 50 This print is from the Blood Bone Elegy, a suite of eighteen color mezzotints depicting the out...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

NEGRO ES BELLO II Signed Lithograph, Black Is Beautiful, Black Power Movement
Located in Union City, NJ
NEGRO ES BELLO II is an original limited edition lithograph created by the African-American woman printmaker and sculptor, Elizabeth Catlett using hand printmaking techniques on arch...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Bonnard, Composition (Terrasse 54), Pierre Bonnard Correspondences (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches backing sheet, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Corres...
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1940s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Lovers - Lithograph by Filippo De Pisis - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is an artwork realized by Filippo De Pisis (1896, Ferrara - 1956, Milano) in the 1960s. Black and white lithograph. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Lithographie I (Duthuit 20), Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin a la forme des papeteries d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse, 1947. Publ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

God and Eve - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".  Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve. Printed by Mourlot a...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Crouching Male Nude (Self Portrait) - Lithograph - 2007
Located in Roma, IT
Crouching Male Nude (Self-Portrait) is a beautiful lithograph from the portfolio " Erotica " by Egon Schiele. It is a reproduction of the homonym black crayon drawing, a self-portra...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Black Aleph Professional Giclee Art Print on Fine Art Paper Numbered and Signed
By Zubair Ansair (Zoobs)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Black Aleph (2007) by Zoobs Professional Giclee Art Print on Fine Art Paper 14 x 21 inch (35,5 x 53,3 cm) print size 17 x 22 inch (43,2 x 55,9 cm) paper size Edition of 50 Numbered...
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Early 2000s Other Art Style Portrait Prints

Materials

Giclée

Original Vintage Poster - La Danse des Libellules by Georges Dola 1926
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is a poster by Georges Dola for an operetta called “Le Danse De Libellules” which translates to The Dance of the Fireflies in English. This poster is full of vibrant pink and bl...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Woman with Lilacs-Vintage Poster. Twin-Print No. 103
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Poster. Measures 27.75 x 21.75 inches and is Unframed. Fair/Distressed Condition-signs of wear due to age and handling/tear in the left border (please see secondary photos for detail...
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Late 20th Century Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Sex and the City hand signed/n lithograph of beloved TV series, by famed artist
Located in New York, NY
Al Hirschfeld Sex and the City, 2002 Color lithograph on Arches cover paper with deckled edges Pencil signed and numbered 274/300 on the front 20 × 20 inches Unframed Classic color l...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Oval Head of a Woman with Piercing Eyes (Plate XXI), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Oval Head of a Woman with Piercing Eyes (Plate XXI) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18"...
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1940s Cubist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Pascin, Manolita, Pascin (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage paper Year: 1954 Paper Size: 9.5 x 12.25 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Pascin, 1954. Publishe...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Cosa si vede fuori
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 140 ex. Signed by the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Adami is the maestro of the unadulterated line,” writes the Swedish poet Lasse Söderberg i...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

"Salon des Cent" Original 1897 Art Nouveau Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
From Les Maitres de L'Affiche, plate 94. Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris. Maîtres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster) refers to 256 color lithographic plates used to create an a...
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1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Susanna
Located in New York, NY
Lucian Freud Susanna 1996 Etching on Somerset Textured White paper 20 x 19 5/8 inches; 51 x 50 cm Edition of 40 Initialed and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Published by Matthew Marks Gallery...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Yvette Guilbert vue par Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Rives BFK paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Yvette Guilbert vue par Toulouse-...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

The Disastrous War - Woodcut Print by Paul Baudier - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Disastrous War is a woodcut print on ivory-colored paper realized by Paul Baudier (1881-1962) in the 1930s. Good conditions. Paul Baudier, (born October 18, 1881 in Paris and d...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

1964 Marc Chagall 'The Blue Sky'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27.75 x 21.5 inches ( 70.485 x 54.61 cm ) Image Size: 26.5 x 20.5 inches ( 67.31 x 52.07 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age Additional Details: This 1964 poster...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso "Le Deux Modeles"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Picasso, Pablo Title: Le Deux Modeles Date: 1954 Medium: Lithograph on watermarked Arches paper Unframed Dimensions: 19.5" x 24.75" Framed Dimensions: 31.25" x 37" Sign...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Etude pour le Nu, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Raising his hands behind his head, the nude figure in this Pablo Picasso print looks downward. Rendered in a neutral orange hue, the figure is shown fragmented in a series of simple ...
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Late 20th Century Cubist Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Fini, Sans titre, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Rocket: Roger Clemens, Yankees Baseball Pitcher by LeRoy Neiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: The Rocket: Roger Clemens Year: 2003 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 192/325 Image Size: 27.5 x 36 inche...
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1970s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Screen

"Muchacha de Cuetzalan", 1973, Lithograph by Raul Anguiano
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raul Anguiano, Mexican (1915 - 2006) Title: Muchacha de Cuetzalan Year: 1988 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 29 x 22 in. (73.66 x 55.88 cm)
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1970s Folk Art Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Nicole
Located in New York, NY
signed and numbered lower right edition of 60 Catalogue raisonné 00717 Published by Simmelink Sukimoto Editions Internationally recognized painter and printmaker Alex Katz was born...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Linocut, Woodcut

"Folding Linen III" - Limited Edition Lithograph, 20/75
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful figurative limited edition lithograph by Robert Baxter (American, b. 1933). Signed and numbered "R. Baxter 20/75" lower left. Displayed with wh...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

1971 original travel poster by Pagès for Air France promoting travel to Spain
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1971 original travel poster by Pagès for Air France promoting travel to Spain is a vibrant celebration of a country renowned for its rich cultural heritage, diverse landscapes, a...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

The Bible : Salomon's Prayer - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) The Bible, Salomon's Prayer Original lithography (Mourlot Workshop) On paper 37 x 26.5 cm (c. 14.5 x 10.2 in) A second illustration on the back, see photo...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Peter Blake 100 SOURCES OF POP Diamond Dust Screenprint, 51"H
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Peter Blake (British, b. 1932) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 162/175; 2014 Materials: screenprint with diamond dust, glitter and glazes Dimensions (H,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

L'Amour de la Patrie - Etching by F.M. Beaurain and J.-B. Malle
Located in Roma, IT
Allegoric engraving of the French Revolution, designed by François Marie Beaurain and Jean-Baptiste Mallet between 1793 and 1794. Both Beaurain ...
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Late 18th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1983 postmarked (Raymond Pettibon prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon: Rare early Black Flag punk flyer: Black Flag Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Jun 11, 1983. Santa Monica, CA. Flyer / handbill for gig by Black Flag, Misfits, Vandals featuring artwork by Pettibon. Post-marked 1983 on verso; rare as such given the SST stamp on verso (Black Flag's record label). Offset Print; 8.5 x 11 inches. Features Pettibon printed signure on the lower right. Condition: Minor signs of handling and fading or yellowing; fold-lines and staple marks to upper & lower center (these were originally stapled together and mailed); in otherwise very good overall condition given age & medium. Post-marked 1983 and hand addressed on verso. Rare. Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist once said of Pettibon's Black Flag illustrations and iconic logo: "Before I knew what Black Flag was I remember walking around Hollywood and seeing Raymond's flyers and being like, 'What the fuck is that?'… Those flyers made me feel like something is going on and it's romantic and it's mysterious and it's heavy and I don't know what it is but I wanna know." About Raymond Pettibon (Americanb. 1957) Raymond Pettibon is a contemporary American artist known for his stylized ink drawings combining images and text. His inventive narratives blend historical content with consumer culture to yield incisive critiques of contemporary society. “I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology,” he explained. “There's a lot of conventions in the art world that are not to be transgressed, but my economy of means doesn't abide by those strictures.” Born Raymond Ginn on June 16, 1957 in Tucson, AZ, the artist is self-taught, but cites drawings by William Blake, Edward Hopper, Francisco Goya, and John Sloan as instructive to his practice. Deriving inspiration from comics, cartoons, and other pop culture iconography, Pettibon began designing album covers and ephemera for his brother’s band Black Flag in the mid-1970s. He went on to produce cover art for Sonic Youth, the Minutemen...
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

Two Girls - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two Girls  is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching after Rembrandt by Charles Amand-Durand. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19th...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Marc Chagall - Homage to Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph 1969 From the revue XXe Siecle, edition of 12,000 Unsigned, as issued Dimensions: 32 x 24 Condition : Excellent Reference: Mourlot 572 Marc Chagall (born in 1887) Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887 and developed an early interest in art. After studying painting, in 1907 he left Russia for Paris, where he lived in an artist colony on the city’s outskirts. Fusing his own personal, dreamlike imagery with hints of the fauvism and cubism popular in France at the time, Chagall created his most lasting work—including I and the Village (1911)—some of which would be featured in the Salon des Indépendants exhibitions. After returning to Vitebsk for a visit in 1914, the outbreak of WWI trapped Chagall in Russia. He returned to France in 1923 but was forced to flee the country and Nazi persecution during WWII. Finding asylum in the U.S., Chagall became involved in set and costume design before returning to France in 1948. In his later years, he experimented with new art forms and was commissioned to produce numerous large-scale works. Chagall died in St.-Paul-de-Vence in 1985. The Village Marc Chagall was born in a small Hassidic community on the outskirts of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His father was a fishmonger, and his mother ran a small sundries shop in the village. As a child, Chagall attended the Jewish elementary school, where he studied Hebrew and the Bible, before later attending the Russian public school. He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would feature largely in most of his later work. At age 19 Chagall enrolled at a private, all-Jewish art school and began his formal education in painting, studying briefly with portrait artist Yehuda Pen. However, he left the school after several months, moving to St. Petersburg in 1907 to study at the Imperial Society for the Protection of Fine Arts. The following year, he enrolled at the Svanseva School, studying with set designer Léon Bakst, whose work had been featured in Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This early experience would prove important to Chagall’s later career as well. Despite this formal instruction, and the widespread popularity of realism in Russia at the time, Chagall was already establishing his own personal style, which featured a more dreamlike unreality and the people, places and imagery that were close to his heart. Some examples from this period are his Window Vitebsk (1908) and My Fianceé with Black Gloves (1909), which pictured Bella Rosenfeld, to whom he had recently become engaged. The Beehive Despite his romance with Bella, in 1911 an allowance from Russian parliament member and art patron Maxim Binaver enabled Chagall to move to Paris, France. After settling briefly in the Montparnasse neighborhood, Chagall moved further afield to an artist colony known as La Ruche (“The Beehive”), where he began to work side by side with abstract painters such as Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger as well as the avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. At their urging, and under the influence of the wildly popular fauvism and cubism, Chagall lightened his palette and pushed his style ever further from reality. I and the Village (1911) and Homage to Apollinaire (1912) are among his early Parisian works, widely considered to be his most successful and representative period. Though his work stood stylistically apart from his cubist contemporaries, from 1912 to 1914 Chagall exhibited several paintings at the annual Salon des Indépendants exhibition, where works by the likes of Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay were causing a stir in the Paris art world. Chagall’s popularity began to spread beyond La Ruche, and in May 1914 he traveled to Berlin to help organize his first solo exhibition, at Der Sturm Gallery. Chagall remained in the city until the highly acclaimed show opened that June. He then returned to Vitebsk, unaware of the fateful events to come. War, Peace and Revolution In August 1914 the outbreak of World War I precluded Chagall’s plans to return to Paris. The conflict did little to stem the flow of his creative output, however, instead merely giving him direct access to the childhood scenes so essential to his work, as seen in paintings such as Jew in Green (1914) and Over Vitebsk (1914). His paintings from this period also occasionally featured images of the war’s impact on the region, as with Wounded Soldier (1914) and Marching (1915). But despite the hardships of life during wartime, this would also prove to be a joyful period for Chagall. In July 1915 he married Bella, and she gave birth to a daughter, Ida, the following year. Their appearance in works such as Birthday (1915), Bella and Ida by the Window (1917) and several of his “Lovers” paintings give a glimpse of the island of domestic bliss that was Chagall’s amidst the chaos. To avoid military service and stay with his new family, Chagall took a position as a clerk in the Ministry of War Economy in St. Petersburg. While there he began work on his autobiography and also immersed himself in the local art scene, befriending novelist Boris Pasternak, among others. He also exhibited his work in the city and soon gained considerable recognition. That notoriety would prove important in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution when he was appointed as the Commissar of Fine Arts in Vitebsk. In his new post, Chagall undertook various projects in the region, including the 1919 founding of the Academy of the Arts. Despite these endeavors, differences among his colleagues eventually disillusioned Chagall. In 1920 he relinquished his position and moved his family to Moscow, the post-revolution capital of Russia. In Moscow, Chagall was soon commissioned to create sets and costumes for various productions at the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, where he would paint a series of murals titled Introduction to the Jewish Theater as well. In 1921, Chagall also found work as a teacher at a school for war orphans. By 1922, however, Chagall found that his art had fallen out of favor, and seeking new horizons he left Russia for good. Flight After a brief stay in Berlin, where he unsuccessfully sought to recover the work exhibited at Der Sturm before the war, Chagall moved his family to Paris in September 1923. Shortly after their arrival, he was commissioned by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce a series of etchings for a new edition of Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls. Two years later Chagall began work on an illustrated edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables, and in 1930 he created etchings for an illustrated edition of the Old Testament, for which he traveled to Palestine to conduct research. Chagall’s work during this period brought him new success as an artist and enabled him to travel throughout Europe in the 1930s. He also published his autobiography, My Life (1931), and in 1933 received a retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel, Switzerland. But at the same time that Chagall’s popularity was spreading, so, too, was the threat of Fascism and Nazism. Singled out during the cultural "cleansing" undertaken by the Nazis in Germany, Chagall’s work was ordered removed from museums throughout the country. Several pieces were subsequently burned, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst regarding these troubling events and the persecution of Jews in general can be seen in his 1938 painting White Crucifixion. With the eruption of World War II, Chagall and his family moved to the Loire region before moving farther south to Marseilles following the invasion of France. They found a more certain refuge when, in 1941, Chagall’s name was added by the director of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City to a list of artists and intellectuals deemed most at risk from the Nazis’ anti-Jewish campaign. Chagall and his family would be among the more than 2,000 who received visas and escaped this way. Haunted Harbors Arriving in New York City in June 1941, Chagall discovered that he was already a well-known artist there and, despite a language barrier, soon became a part of the exiled European artist community. The following year he was commissioned by choreographer Léonide Massine to design sets and costumes for the ballet Aleko, based on Alexander Pushkin’s “The Gypsies” and set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. But even as he settled into the safety of his temporary home, Chagall’s thoughts were frequently consumed by the fate befalling the Jews of Europe and the destruction of Russia, as paintings such as The Yellow Crucifixion...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The 156, Serenade at the Brothel - Original Etching, Signed (Baer #1941B)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) The 156, Serenade at the Brothel (plate77), 1978 Original etching (Crommelynck workshop) Signed with stamp Justified HC B/C On vellum, 25 x 33 cm (c. 10 x ...
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1970s Cubist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Cocteau, Interrogation, Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Coc...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"The Knitting Lesson" etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching (after the painting). Etched by French artist Frederic Auguste Laguillermie after the Millet painting. Published in Paris in 1873 by the Galerie Durand-Ruel for the r...
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1870s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Magritte, Composition, Les chants de Maldoror (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Circa 1920 original poser by Gaspar Camps : Élégante au collier
Located in PARIS, FR
Gaspar Camps, a talented Spanish poster artist and graphic designer, was known for his modernist approach to advertising. He emerged as one of the leading figures in the world of pos...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Boy and puppy
Located in Belgrade, MT
Madeline Luka (French 1894-1989) was a self taught painter known for her landscapes, portraits, nudes and still lifes. She typically portrayed her family and close friends set within...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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