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Art Subject: Nature
Performing Cats
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI Performing Cats 1973 Color lithograph Ed. 157/230 12.5 x 9 inches
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Venice Beach Lifeguard Hut, Vibrant Landscape Artwork, Contemporary Beach Print
Located in Deddington, GB
The bright colours of the rainbow coloured Lifeguard hut seem a perfect fit for the Venice Beach lifestyle. I love the contrast of the hut's colours against the lightness of the sand...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Metal

Clouds Behind Clouds II with Screenprint on Paper by Simon Tozer
Located in Deddington, GB
Clouds Behind Clouds II by Simon Tozer [2021] This is one of an ongoing series of seascapes and sky images that have clouds as their main focus. Clouds are ethereal forms, and along...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Prints

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Screen, Paper

'Sister, A portrait of the Moon' , Signed Etching c2021
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Sister' , by contemporary printmaker and artist Rosie McLay (British) Edition 59 of 75 in total, handmade etching by the artist. Ink on paper layed on Dutch gold leaf. Hand etched ...
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2010s Realist Landscape Prints

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Engraving

St Pauls, Pop Art Pink
Located in Deddington, GB
St Pauls, Pop Art Pink By Michael Wallner [2020] limited_edition Brushed aluminium Edition number 25 Image size: H:66 cm x W:91 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:66 cm x W:91 cm ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Metal

Horse Ride, Hawaii
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Horse Ride, Hawaii" c.1985, is an original color lithograph on paper by noted French artist Guy Buffet, 1943-2023. It is hand signed and numbered 065/300 in pencil by t...
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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

River Walk
Located in Deddington, GB
River Walk by Rob Barnes [2021] limited_edition Linocut Edition number 50 Image size: H:33 cm x W:44 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49 cm x W:61 cm x D:0.2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look About half a mile from where I live is a river walk, punctuated by a windmill used...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Original Pink Panther Supporting Characters, Production Cel/Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: MGM Studios Title: Pink Panther, Supporting Characters Year: 1993-1995 Medium: Original, hand-painted production animation cel with laser color background, plus pencil drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Ink, Acrylic

TAOS INDIAN JESTERS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GENE KLOSS (1903 – 1996) TAOS INDIAN JESTERS, 1944 Etching and aquatint, Signed and titled in pencil. Edition 30. Image 11” x 13 7/8”, sheet 13 ¼ x 16 ½”. In very good condition sa...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Garden of Dreams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Eyvind Earle's Garden of Dreams from 1990 is a traditional screen print on paper, 37 x 28" with framed dimensions of 48 x 38.5". Signed 'Eyvind Earle' lower right and numbered 164/2...
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20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Provence VII From the Portfolio "Provence" by Roger Mühl, 1986
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Roger Mühl Medium: Original Lithograph, signed and numbered, 1986 Dimensions: 12.5 x 16.5 in, 41.9 x 31.8 cm Arches Paper - Perfect Condition A+ ...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Swallows Arrival by Emma Reynolds, Limited edition print, Birds
Located in Deddington, GB
The Swallows Arrival [2022] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Screenprint Edition number 20 Image size: H:58 cm cm x W:58 cm cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:62....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Screen

"La Peine Perdue (The Wasted Effort)" Lithograph after Painting by Rene Magritte
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La Peine Perdue (The Wasted Effort)" is a color lithograph after original 1962 painting by Rene Magritte. Two blue curtains are parted on either side. Two curtain shaped mirrors show a sky and clouds. A ball sits right to the left of the mirrors. Art: 12 x 9.75 in Frame: 22.75 x 20.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Ski Paradise, Anne Storno, Limited Edition print, Sport art, Skiiing art
Located in Deddington, GB
Ski paradise by Anne Storno [2021] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Screenprinting Edition number 30 Image size: H:58 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:70 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, Screen

Champ de Blé & Sapins Bleus, Screenprint by Daniel Riberzani
Located in Long Island City, NY
Champ de Blé & Sapins Bleus Daniel Riberzani, French (1942) Date: circa 1980 Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 300, AP 45 Image Size: 28.5 x 19 inches S...
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1980s Landscape Prints

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Screen

In Schnee - Etching by Fritz Schwimbeck - 1918
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Fritz Schwimbeck in 1918. Edition of 125 realized in Munich on mulberry paper. Hand signed in pencil.
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Countryside - Lithograph by Lucio Rofrano - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Lucio Rofrano in 1990s. Edition of 150, numbered and hand signed. Excellent condition.
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Canary Landscapes I e - Heliogravure - German Art - Contemporary
Located in London, GB
GERHARD RICHTER b. 1932 Born in Dresden 1932 (German) Title: Canary Landscapes I e Kanarische Landschaften I e, 1971 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Heliogravure in C...
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1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Photogravure

Moonlit, Ian Phillips, Contemporary art, Limited edition Lino print, Sea Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Moonlit by Ian Phillips [2022] limited_edition and hadn't signed by the artist Linocut Edition number 19/30 Image size: H:41 cm x W:28.5 cm Complete Size ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Sunshine Fields
Located in Deddington, GB
Sunshine Fields by Ann Burnham [2022] limited_edition Linocut Edition number 1-10 Image size: H:20cm cm x W:20cm cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:3...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Original Images Geographiques vintage French poster on linen
Located in Spokane, WA
Images Géographiques (c. 1900). Tanconville. Original French Lithographic Poster — Linen-Backed, Restored. Size: 41.5” x 29” Capture the spirit of the Belle Époque with this turn...
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1890s Realist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

The Berkeley Hunt hunting print by Lionel Edwards
Located in London, GB
To see our other hunting pictures, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and then search. Lionel Edwards (1878 - 1966) The Berkeley Hunt...
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1920s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Landscape - Lithograph by Carlo Cordua - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized in 1980s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Hand retouched. Not numbered.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original LE VAL DE LOIRE - SNCF French Railways vintage linen-backed poster - A
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Bernard Villemot Vintage Poster – “Visitez le Val de Loire”, 1967, Linen Backed, Excellent Condition. Grade A condition. Ready to frame. An iconic original vintage trave...
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1960s Art Deco Landscape Prints

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Offset

Fruit Trees by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime landscape collotype, 1908-1912
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Impressionist Fruit Trees landscape, painted in 1901. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Ben Lawers /// George Fennell Robson Antique Scottish Landscape Engraving Scene
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) George Fennell Robson (English, 1788-1833) Title: "Ben Lawers" (Plate 18) Portfolio: Scenery of the Grampian Mountains Year: 1819 (Second edition) Medium: Original Ha...
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1810s Victorian Landscape Prints

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Watercolor, Aquatint

Countryside - Lithograph by Lucio Rofrano - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Lucio Rofrano in 1990s. Edition of 150, numbered and hand signed. Excellent condition.
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Construction et Armement d'une Redoute - Etching by Jean-Baptiste Réville - 1838
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Jean-Baptiste Réviller after a drawing by Martinet. Printed in 1838. Very good condition.
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1830s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Floating, Limited edition animal print, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
limited_edition etching and aquatint Edition number 28 Image size: H:21 cm x W:20 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:43 cm x W:37 cm x D:1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Midnight Observatory, Landscape Art, Architectural Art, London Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Midnight Observatory [2012] limited_edition etching and aquatint Edition number 69 Image size: H:20 cm x W:13.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:37.5 cm x W:27.5 cm x D:.03cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look An etching and aquatint depicting the Royal Observatory at midnight in winter, printed from a copper plate in deep blue. This view of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park as seen from One Tree hill...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Brussels Theatrical Centrepiece, Bright Impressionist Print, Art of Belgium
Located in Deddington, GB
Cities 4 – Brussels’ Theatrical Centrepiece by Susan Brown. Hand signed by the artist “Walking through La Grand Place in Brussels, is taking a journey t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée, Paper

QUIET POND, MONHEGAN, MAINE
Located in Portland, ME
Wengenroth, Stow. QUIET POND MONHEGAN, MAINE. BPL 154. Lithograph, 1946. Edition of 85. Inscribed "Ed/85" and signed in pencil. 10 3/16 x 15 7/16 inches (image). Handsomely framed by...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Death Ramp, Conceptual Art Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Death Ramp Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 39 in. x 27 in. (99.06 cm x 68.58 cm)
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1970s Conceptual Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Creek with Lily Pads Serigraph by Joaquim Torrents Llado
Located in Austin, TX
By J. Torrents Llado 35" x 24" Serigraph, Edition 65/75 This beautiful serigraph depicts a reflective creek in the forest with lily pads floating gently on the surface. It features ...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Screen

Joan Miró -- Untitled from Derriere le Miroir
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Joan Miró Untitled from Derriere le Miroir, 1961 Original lithograph. Unsigned Size 37.7 x 27.6 cm Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris Reference: 924802-1976 FREE SHIPPING
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lovers in Monet's Garden Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Tony Bennett Title: Lovers in Monet's Garden Lithograph Signed and Marked PP  1/10 ( Printers Proof ) Paper Size: 30" x 24" inches Image Size : 25" x 20" inches Anthony...
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1980s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Max, Better World, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Better World Year: 2000 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as issued...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Three Quarter Moon - Two Evening Stars, Lithograph by Bill Beckley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Beckley, American (1946 - ) Title: Three Quarter Moon - Two Evening Stars Year: circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil...
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1980s Conceptual Figurative Prints

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ABS, Lithograph

Paysages aux Trois Meules, Contemporary Surrealist Etching by Richard Ballard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ballard Title: Paysages aux Trois Meules Year: 1992 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: 35 Paper Size: 41 x 29 inches [104.14 x 73.66 cm]
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1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Etching

Spring Landscape - Lithograph by Franco Azzinari - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized by Franco Azzinari in 1980s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 130. Excellent condition.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Landscape - Lithograph by Carlo Cordua - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized in 1980s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Hand retouched. Not numbered.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

CROMA-KOONS HUNTERs 6-Color Screen Print Signed and Numbered by the Artist
Located in Palm Desert, CA
CROMA-KOONS HUNTER (2019) by Canned 6-Color Screen Print 24 x 30 cm Edition of 25 Signed and Numbered by the Artist (4/25) "CANNED" is an art collective formed by two French artists...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Evening Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Evening Light" 1993 is a large original color lithograph on Arches paper by noted California artist Clark Mitchell, b.1951. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 6/20 SI in pencil by the artist.The image size is 23.25 x 35 inches, sheet size is 29.25 x 40 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist. Born In Denver, Colorado - January 19, 1951 Growing up in the shadow of the Rockies, Clark Mitchell very early discovered a love of the natural world. Given a set of fine old German pastels by his father when quite young, he quickly embraced the medium for its ease of handling, brilliance of color and portability. He received a bachelor’s degree in art from Colorado College in the seventies and moved to San Francisco to continue his studies at the Academy of Art College. Through personal exploration as well as study with artists Albert Handell, Skip Whitcomb, Michael Lynch...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Violent Squall, Seascape
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This seascape captures a ship ensnared in the relentless grip of a violent squall, paying homage to the tradition of nautical and maritime art of the 18th and 19th centuries. Waves crash with the force of timeless tempests, echoing the dramatic seascapes painted by maritime artists of old. The ship, a lone voyager battling the elements, becomes a poignant symbol in the grand legacy of seafaring tales depicted by the artistic masters who once translated the raw power of the sea onto canvas. Fidel Santos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Landscape Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Ink

Opus 22, Ukiyo-e monotype landscape print, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Keiji Shinohara was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. After 10 years as an apprentice to the renowned Keiichiro Uesugi in Kyoto, he became a Master Printmaker and moved to the United ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Monotype

The Four Seasons - Winter, original, contemporary, landscape, print, silkscreen
Located in Deddington, GB
Silkscreen Image Size H 50 x 66cm Framed Size H 73 x 88cm Edition of 100 Image size: Height: 50cm (19.69 in) Width: 66cm (25.98 in) Complete size of sheet (sheet sizes may vary) He...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper

Memphis Minnie
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5, with 2 APs. GINA PHILLIPS is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Inkjet

Grotta Segreta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This grandiose work is a beautiful depiction of an 18th-century Italian grotto, a secret haven adorned with lush foliage and cascading waterfalls. The scene encapsulates the historic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Landscape Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Ink

Allegro, Ukiyo-e landscape and sunset woodblock print, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Keiji Shinohara was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. After 10 years as an apprentice to the renowned Keiichiro Uesugi in Kyoto, he became a Master Printmaker and moved to the United ...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Rose" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper wi...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Shepard Fairey Water is the New Black
Located in Draper, UT
Water is the New Black Signed and dated in pencil Edition 179/450 Screenprint on cream speckle tone paper Published by Obey Giant. image: 17 by 23 in. (43.2 by 58.7 cm.) sheet: 18...
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2010s Pop Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Switzerland (Valais, Church of Rarogne) Photographic Travel Poster Mountains
By Philipp Giegel
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find th...
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1960s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Luxembourg, November
Located in Austin, TX
Harold Altman (1924 - 2003) Title: "Luxembourg, November" Edition: 172 of 185 Medium: Limited Edition Lithograph Dimensions: 17.5" x 26" (image) 26" x 34.25" Ma...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Demeter, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Artist biography: Simon Tozer is an award winning printmaker based in Bristol. Simon Tozer's screen prints are constructed images, built up through the layering of translucent colour...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Original Lourdes Chemins de Fer French railroad vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Lourdes, Chemins de Fer Vintage French Poster. Artist: Hervé Baille – Linen-Backed, ready to frame. Condition B+ Beautifully preserved and professionally linen-backed fo...
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1930s Art Deco Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Litzlberg on Lake Attersee" collotype
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #8, Litzlberg on Lake Attersee; blue monochrome collotype after the 1915 painting in oil on canvas. GUSTAV KLIMT EINE NACHLESE (GUSTAV KLIMT AN ...
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1930s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints

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Paper

Evelyn H. Lauder 'Snow Marshmallows' 1991- Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This artwork is a printed photograph on Kodak Professional Paper, signed and titled in black marker on the verso (back). It is part of a limited edition, numbered out of 10. The phot...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

"Casares Andalucia, Spain"
Located in Warren, NJ
This is a signed and numbered lithograph. In good condition measures 32x24.
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Stockhorn Mountain Range at Thuner Lake" 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 extol...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Three Mountaintops Emerging From Fog" 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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