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Art Subject: People
Nijinsky in Cleopatre.
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George. Nijinsky in Cleopatre. London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913. ‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced by Nijinsky in hi...
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

La Peintre Et Son Modele (B 98), Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - La Peintre Et Son Modele (B 98), Year: 1930, Medium: Lithograph on Johannot, Image Size: 9 x 11.5 inches, Size: 12.75 x 19.75 in. (32.39 x 50....
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1930s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Little Girl with Crossed Arms on Floral Background. Limited Edition Print 5/25
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This limited edition print on Dibond aluminum is part of a series of 25 signed and hand-numbered reproductions by Moldovan artist Natasha Lelenco. Printed directly with UV technology...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

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Metal

French Revolution, the Battle of Valmy - Original Lithograph 1899
Located in Paris, IDF
Adolphe WILLETTE (1857-1926) French Revolution, the Battle of Valmy, 1899 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Venus and the Rose (2nd State)
Located in Chicago, IL
Engraving after Luca Penni
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16th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

La Barricade - Lithograph by Edouard Manet - 1871
Located in Roma, IT
Rare and beautiful lithograph by Edouard Manet . "La Barricade " illustrates a group of soldiers executing a band of rebels on a street corner. This artwork deals with a subject in...
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1870s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

The Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands.
Located in New York, NY
Original color lithograph. Honolulu. Hawaiian Pineapple Company, 1950.
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Dufy, Réception d'un amiral anglais, Raoul Dufy, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper Year: 1969 Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Raoul Dufy, IV, Col...
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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Lux Aeterna I (Eternal Light -The Requiem/ copters hover over fearful refugees)
By Ana Maria Pacheco
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ana Maria Pacheco portrays the fear and feelings of the displacement of refugees cowering beneath helicopters overhead. The title of the work refers ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on a light brown tinted wove paper for the German Expressionist art revue Das Kunstblatt, published in Berlin by Verlag Gustav Kiepenheue...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Palm Springs Desert Oasis psychedelic vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Palm Springs The Desert Oasis original poster by Bill Ogden. The poster is not linen-backed. Excellent condition. Mint. 1969. ...
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1960s American Modern Nude Prints

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Offset

Jesus and Judas (Street Art, Pop Art, Contemporary Pop, Barry McGee, Sprayer)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Unknown (In the style of Barry McGee) Judas and Jesus (The last Supper) Lithograph Edition: 4/8 Signed, numbered, dated and inscribed by the artist Size: 3...
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Early 2000s Street Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Vent du Nord, Coree
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vent du Nord, Coree" 1953 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. It is hand signed in pencil by the artis...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Portrait of a Lovely Six Foota #1
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mickalene Thomas Portrait of a Lovely Six Foota #1, 2009, (24/50 + 5 AP) Archival Pigment Print 14 x 11 in Published by The Lapis Press, to benefit the Institute of Contemporary Art...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

From the Vargas Portfolio
Located in Missouri, MO
From the Vargas Portfolio **Portfolio Cover Not Included** Lithograph Only Alberto Vargas (1896-1982) was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896, the son of...
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20th Century Realist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 15
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching

Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Unititled male nude limited edition print
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Unititled male nude by Luis Caballero Lithography on paper Limited edition print Edition 8/75 Size: 15 in H x 10.7 in W Signed in the lower right corner. Numbered in the lower left ...
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1990s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1996. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Studio Heinrici, Ltd., New York, under the direction of Alexander Heinrici, New York, 1996. Excerpted from the album, CC examples of this album have been printed by Daniel Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress. This edition was designed and set in Bodoni types by Dan Cart and Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry. The silkscreen prints were made by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. LOIS MAILOU JONES (1905-1998) was an African American artist and educator, often associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Jones was raised in Boston by working-class parents who emphasized the importance of education and hard work. After graduating from Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Jones began designing textiles for several New York firms. She left in 1928 to take a teaching position at Palmer Memorial Institute in North Carolina. At Palmer, Jones founded the art department, coached basketball, taught folk dancing, and played the piano for Sunday services. Two years later, she was recruited by Howard University in Washington, D.C., to join its art department. From 1930–77, Jones trained several generations of African American artists, including David Driskell, Elizabeth Catlett, and Sylvia Snowden...
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Screen

The Sunday Before Confirmation; Parson: What did your godfathers & godmothers...
Located in Middletown, NY
English School, 19th century The Sunday Before Confirmation; Parson: What did your godfathers & godmothers then for you? Boy: Nothing sir, rot'em for I never had none. London: Thoma...
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Mid-19th Century English School Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving, Lithograph

Joe Raedle 'Barack Obama: For as Long as I Live' 2008- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12.25 x 16 inches ( 31.115 x 40.64 cm ) Image Size: 12.25 x 16 inches ( 31.115 x 40.64 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additi...
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Early 2000s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Love and Death.
Located in Storrs, CT
Love and Death (after George Frederic Watts, R.A., H.R.C.A. 1817 - 1904). 1900. Mezzotint. Hardie 71 between i and ii. 24 1/2 x 12 (sheet 27 1/4 x 13 3/ 8). Edition 350 in state one. London, Published May 1st 1900 by Robert Dunthorne ,5 Vigo Street, London W. Rubbing and discoloration from a previous mat in the margins, well outside the image. A rich proof printed on Japon paper. Signed in pencil by Watts and by Short. Housed in an archival folder ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winged Love...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Love and Death.
Love and Death.
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Original "Iced Lolly" vintage pop-art poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original, horizontal, 1972, 'ICED LOLLY" created by the British artist Michael English. Printed in Harlow England. This nude is melting the form ...
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1970s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Mythology : Danae Sleeping - Original wooodcut, Handsigned & Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis JOU (1881-1968) Mythology : Danae Sleeping, 1921 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /125 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the edit...
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1920s Modern Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

"1958 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver" (2021) Limited Edition Giclée Print
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1958 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts close up view of the shiny metal propeller on a red and yellow vintage plane...
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2010s Photorealist Still-life Prints

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Giclée

Paul Jacoulet Le Marie Seoul, Coriée, Woodblock Print, 1948
Located in Austin, TX
Paul Jacoulet ( France, Japan 1902 - 1960 ) Title: La Mariée Seoul, Corée Medium: Woodblock Print Size: 15.5 in. x 12 in. Movement: Showa Markings: Si...
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1940s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Boy Blue, by Fernando reys
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Male nude linocut, from the series "The Sensual Line" comprised of 4 male and 4 female images. Reyes attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received a Bachel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

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Linocut

Original American Airlines San Francisco vintage travel poster Golden Gate
Located in Spokane, WA
Original American Airlines San Francisco vintage travel poster. Artist: Dong Kingman, 1970s linen-backed authentic travel poster, ready to frame. Grade A- condition. Size 20...
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1970s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

'Navajo Horse Race' — Southwest Regionalism, American Indian
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ira Moskowitz, 'Navajo Horse Race', lithograph, 1946, edition 30, Czestochowski 204. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed and dated in the stone, lower le...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

"Woman" Nude Figurative Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant nude by Suzanne Aubin Ledrew (American, b. 1942). The woman in this piece is seated, with her hand covering her face and head, turned partially away from the viewer. There is a lovely contract between the background and the figure, creating a negative shape out of the woman's body. Titled "WOMAN" in the lower center. Signed and dated "AUBIN LEDREW 74" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new grey mat with a wood frame. Image size: 12"H x 9"W Suzanne Addicott (nee Aubin Ledrew) (American, b. 1942) graduated from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Painting and Drawing. She is an artist and teacher at Studio9...
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1970s Modern Nude Prints

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Paper, Ink

Brittany : Women in the Harbour - Original Lithograph, 1898
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis BORGEX Brittany : Women in the Harbour , 1898 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) INFORMATION: Lith...
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1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"L'hotel de ville" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Catitipede in an Oval - Original Handsigned Screen Print
Located in Paris, IDF
Yvon TAILLANDIER The Catitipede in an Oval Original screen print Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 10 copies On vellum BFK Rives 38 x 56.5 cm (c. 14.9 x 22.2 in) INFORMATION : Rare ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Screen

European Mid-Century 1959 Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
European fashion design from the 'Atelier Sogra', published in Vienna. 325mm by 220mm (sheet)
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original "Poteries Culinaires" vintage French cooking poster
Located in Spokane, WA
POTERIES CULINAIRES; artist: Eugene Vavasseur (1863 - 1949) antique French stone lithograph. Excellent condition. Linen backed and ready to frame. Original, archival linen back...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Allegory of Spring - Etching from Louvre Museum
By Sandro Botticelli
Located in Paris, IDF
Sandro Botticelli Allegory of Spring Etching Not signed On vellum 57 x 76 cm (c. 22.45 x 29.93 inch) INFORMATION : Published by the Chalcographie du Louvre and authenticated by the...
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Mid-20th Century Italian School Portrait Prints

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Etching

Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Swimmers (Abstracted Figurative Monotype of Nude Women in Aqua Blue Water)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted figurative print 12 x 22 inch image on 22 x 30 inch Rives BFK paper, unframed Rives BFK paper is made of cotton, has deckled edges and is acid-free Signed lower right T...
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2010s Modern Nude Prints

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Monotype

The Doorway, Baalbec - David Roberts - Orientalist - Lebanon
Located in London, GB
David Roberts R.A. 1796 - 1864 The Doorway, Baalbec Antique First edition lithograph Full plate 81 Presented in a acid free mount We have a full set of the 250 David Roberts prints in stock. Hand coloured lithograph printed in 1847 by F.G. Moon and Son.
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Mid-19th Century Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Original Philadelphia Fly TWA Superjets vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Philadelphia Fly TWA vintage American travel poster created by master artist David Klein. Professional acid-free linen backe...
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1960s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Offset

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1968 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 171) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 22 inches (378 x 555 mm). There is a...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Raoul Dufy (after) - Autoportrait - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Raoul Dufy Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965. Printed signature Dimensions: ...
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1940s Fauvist Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Opium Night - Etching by Edouard Chimot - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Opium Night is an Etching realized by Edouard Chimot in 1930s. The very beautiful artwork is in good condition. No Signature. Represents a young lady with red hair...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Pablo Picasso, 23.9.64 IV, from The Taste of Happiness, 1970 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled 23.9.64. IV, from the folio Le Gout du Bonheur, trois carnets d`atelier (The Taste of Happiness, Three Studio Sketch...
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1970s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

THE SUCCESSFUL FORTUNE HUNTER - Leading Miss Morrowfat to the Temple of Hyman
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757 - 1827) THE SUCCESSFUL FORTUNE HUNTER - Our Captain Shelalee Leading Miss Morrowfat to the Temple of Hyman, 1802 issued in 18...
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1810s English School Figurative Prints

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Etching

Original 1938 poster by Ray Bret-Koch Air France Europe to the Far East
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1938 poster by Ray Bret-Koch was created to promote Air France’s legendary long-haul routes, stretching from Europe to the Far East. At a time when international air tr...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper, Linen

Springtime in the North
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Springtime in the North" c.1980, published 1996, is a color offset lithograph by renown western artist Arnold Friberg, 1913-2010. I...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Nude Descending a Staircase, Pop Art Lithograph by Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: Nude Descending a Staircase Year: 2012 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Nude Prints

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Lithograph

EARLY JACOULET - A DOWNPOUR AT METALANIM PONOPE EAST CAROLINAS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
EARLY JACOULET PAUL JACOULET (1896 – 1960) UNE AVERSEA METALANIM, PONAPE , EST CAROLINES, 1935 A DOWNPOUR AT METALANIM PONOPE EAT CAROLINAS (Miles 29) Color woodcut, with metallic ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Color, Woodcut

Ruins of a Mosque, Tlemciem, Algeria
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: New York Etching Club, 1887. Etching with aquatint in brown ink on cream laid paper, 4 x 5 inches (98 x 125 mm), full margins. In excellent condition.
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Late 19th Century American Realist Portrait Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Sanjûroku Kasen... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26). Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Joe Raedle 'Barack Obama: Hope, Change' 2008- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12.25 x 16 inches ( 31.115 x 40.64 cm ) Image Size: 12.25 x 16 inches ( 31.115 x 40.64 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additi...
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Early 2000s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

2001: A Space Odyssey - Original 1968 Lobby Card #6
Located in London, GB
2001: A Space Odyssey - Original 1968 Lobby Card #6 Vintage 2001: A Space Odyssey Lobby Card: After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft ...
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1960s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Cardboard

Young Man Rising up out of the Sea. In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. A signed Certificate of Authority will be included with all photographs. A nude yo...
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2010s Photorealist Nude Prints

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Photographic Paper, Digital

KAWS TOGETHER 2018 (set of 2 works new in original packaging)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Together: Set of 2 works (Black and Grey). New and unopened in their original packaging. In TOGETHER, KAWS’s iconic “Companions” are interlocked, consoling each other in an eve...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Sculptures

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Resin, Vinyl

Le Sagitaire (Sagittarius), Les Signes du zodiaque, Jean Lurçat
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Les Signes du zodiaque, 1959. Published by Édit...
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1950s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Umberto Boccioni 'The Farewells' Contemporary Green, Orange Offset Lithograph
By Umberto Boccioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 34 x 49 inches ( 86.36 x 124.46 cm ) Image Size: 34 x 49 inches ( 86.36 x 124.46 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Shipping a...
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Early 2000s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Adjustable Spanner Wrench from Ten Winter Tools
Located in New York, NY
Classic Jim Dine tool iconography from Ten Winter Tools, 1973, this black and white lithograph pictures an adjustable spanner wrench sketched in outline...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

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

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