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Art Subject: Text
Paul Davis 'The Bear Dance...Or Wall Street Jubilee II' 1983- Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paul Davis's 1983 offset lithograph, "The Bear Dance...Or Wall Street Jubilee II," measuring 24 x 18 inches, offers a satirical commentary on the financial markets. The term "bear" i...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Ellsworth Kelly - Composition (Axsom No. I-D), 1958 Lithograph From DLM
By (after) Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly Title: Composition (Axsom No. I-D) Year: 1964 Dimensions: 15in. by 11in. Mount Board Size Inches: 20 x 16 inches Mount Board Color: White/Black Print Border...
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Ligne - Lithograph by Pierre Alechinsky - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
La Ligne is a lithograph realized by Pierre Alechinsky in the 1970s. Good conditions, not signed. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composition.
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Zeta
Located in OPOLE, PL
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) - Zeta Silkscreen / Serigraph from 1969. Edition III/VIII. Dimensions of work: 46 x 40 cm. Hand signed. Reference: Catalogue Raisonné Vol I par Pedro...
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1960s Op Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

FALLING RIBBON Signed Mini Lithograph, Red Satin, Surreal Beach Scene
Located in Union City, NJ
FALLING RIBBON is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival A...
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1990s Surrealist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

1979 After Joan Miro 'At Pace Columbus (horizontal)' Surrealism Multicolor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 25 x 33.5 inches ( 63.5 x 85.09 cm ) Image Size: 19.5 x 30.5 inches ( 49.53 x 77.47 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Limited edition five colo...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Picasso-Maison de la Pensee Francaise- ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH- Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Maison de la Pensée Française is a 1958 lithograph by Pablo Picasso, produced by Mourlot in Paris. It is referenced in several key catalogues documenting Picasso’s lithographic work:...
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20th Century Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Physiology of Boxing - Original Lithograph by Luc-Albert Moreau - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Physiology of Boxing is an Original Litograph realized by Luc Albert Moreau (1882-1948). The artwork is in good condition included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (49x32 cm). No signature. In the 1920s, French painter Luc-Albert Moreau created a suite of 60 lithographs of the many aspects of boxing, which he considered a noble sport. Physiologie de la Boxe featured paintings and drawings of boxing winners and losers, as well as spectators and managers. Moreau was a painter with the Cubists up to 1912, but soon reverted to a more traditional style. He also produced lithographs of Parisian bars...
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19th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A horse! A horse! A kingdom for a horse!
Located in Deddington, GB
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! by Mychael Barratt [2021] limited_edition Silkscreen print on paper Edition number 100 Image size: H:70 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Screen

Ecología II
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This striking gold leaf serigraph by Pedro Friedeberg is a unique convergence of Mexican Surrealism, Pop Art, and ancient iconography. The piece is a meticulous grid of about 48 gold...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Digital

David Hockney, Letter R, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by David Hockney (born 1937), titled Letter R, from the folio Hockney's Alphabet, Drawings by David Hockney, originates from the 1991 edition published by A...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Argentinean signed original limited edition art print silkscreen 27x19 in. n10
Located in Miami, FL
Justo Barboza (Argentina, 1938) '17 caras', 1995 silkscreen on paper Guarro Geler 27.6 x 19.7 in. (70 x 50 cm.) Edition of 20 Unframed ID: BAR1437-010-025 Hand-signed by author
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20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Fernand Leger, Plate 56, from Circus, 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Planche 56 (Plate 56), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
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1950s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Fernand Leger, Plate 93, from Circus, 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Planche 93 (Plate 93), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
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1950s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

David Hockney, Letter Z, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by David Hockney (born 1937), titled Letter Z, from the folio Hockney's Alphabet, Drawings by David Hockney, originates from the 1991 edition published by A...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

$ (1) FS II.274-279 (unique hand signed screen print)
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on Lenox museum board. Hand signed lower front by Andy Warhol. Hand numbered 3/60 lower front (there were also 10 AP's, 3 PP's and 15 TP's). Each print is unique. Pu...
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Board, Screen

Original 1893 illustrated program by Henri-Gabriel Ibels for Le Théâtre Libre
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1893 illustrated program by Henri-Gabriel Ibels is a remarkable survival from the pioneering days of Le Théâtre Libre, André Antoine’s radical theatrical collective tha...
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1890s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Giuseppe Capogrossi (1900–1972) - Linocut on paper - 1958
Located in Varese, IT
Linocut on paper. Edited in 1958. Limited edition of 150 copies, numbered 83/150 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right margin. Paper size: 47.2 x ...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

1974 After Pablo Picasso 'Tapestries at Pace' Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original lithograph was designed for the Tapestries at Pace exhibition held at Pace Columbus in 1974. Though the exhibition featured works connected to Pablo Picasso, this litho...
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1970s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1984 Pierre Etaix 'Vive la pub' Art Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vive la Pub, published in 1984 by Gilbert Salachas, Paris, is a hardcover edition bound in blue cloth with a dust jacket. While the jacket shows a few small tears, the book remains i...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Other Medium

Circa 1950 Original poster for brands of Puros Habanos - Cigar
Located in PARIS, FR
A habano, havana or puro, is a cigar, manufactured in Cuba with tobacco planted, harvested, and processed in that country. As it is a protected designation of origin, the Cuban cigar...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

1964 Original exhibition poster of Max Ernst at the gallery The point Cardinal
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of exhibition of the writings and engraved work of Max Ernst to the gallery of the point Cardinal. Max Ernst ( 1891 - 1976 ) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was one of the main pioneers of the Dada movement...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Tobias and the Angel
By Hendrik Goudt
Located in Chicago, IL
References: Bartsch, Dutuit and Hollstein 2
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17th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1994 Unknown 'The Collection Of The Museum Of Contemporary Art Ghent' Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33 x 23.5 inches ( 83.82 x 59.69 cm ) Image Size: 33 x 23.5 inches ( 83.82 x 59.69 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1939 Cheret 'Exposition de l'Affiche en couleurs de Cheret a nos jours' Art Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exposition de l’Affiche en Couleurs de Chéret à Nos Jours (July-August 1939), published by the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, is a catalog from the renowned exhibition t...
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1930s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Affiche Exposition de Céramiques 1958
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Affiche Exposition de Céramiques Exhibition poster Lithograph in color on wove paper , from the unsigned and unnumbered edition of 500 published/printed by...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Empire Strikes Back II
Located in Kansas City, MO
In the style of Barry McGee Lithograph Edition: 2/10 Signed, numbered, and inscribed by the artist Size: 24 x 38 inches COA provided Barry McGee was born in 1966 in San Francisco, C...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Empire Strikes Back II
Empire Strikes Back II
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Robert Indiana 'LOVE-Stable' Serigraph 1971 Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"LOVE in Blue and Green" is a notable silk-screen poster designed by Robert Indiana and published by Posters Originals in 1971. The piece is rooted in Indiana's iconic "LOVE" series,...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

1967 Unknown 'l'affiche de daumier a nos jours' Advertising Black & White, Red
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 37 x 47 inches ( 93.98 x 119.38 cm ) Image Size: 37 x 47 inches ( 93.98 x 119.38 cm ) Framed: Yes Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional ...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Nymph collecting the flowers - Lithograph, 1897
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Toussaint Nymph collecting the flowers, 1897 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate Printed on paper vélin Size 40 x 29 cm (c....
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1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Scooby" Acrylic and Collage on Korean newsprint
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Gary John has been a street artist since 1985, originally from Seattle Washington, then moving to Venice Beach selling his art on the boardwalk for 10 years before exploding onto the...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Acrylic, Newsprint

Takashi Murakami flowers drawing 2018 (Murakami The Octopus Eats its Own Leg).
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami Flowers Drawing 2018: A unique Takashi Murakami hand-drawing featuring the artist’s 2 most iconic motifs: Flowers & DOB. This work was executed in 2018 on the interior front page of the 2018 exhibition catalogue: Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg. Hand signed and dated. Medium: Felt tip marker drawing on a removed interior exhibition catalog page (Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg). Approximate Dimensions. 11.25 x 9.5 inches. Signed and dated in ink on the lower edge. Unique. Very good overall condition. Provenance: Private collection, Washington, D.C. Swann Auction galleries New York. Takashi Murakami (American/Japanese, b.1962) is a painter and sculptor famous for his integration of Fine Art, commercialism, Japanese aesthetics, and cultural criticism into his work. Murakami received his BFA, MFA, and PhD from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he studied Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting). He first gained recognition as a sculptor during the early 1990s, exploring otaku (the Japanese term for an obsession with anime and cartoons) and the contradictions between contemporary Japanese society and American culture in his work. In 1996, he created the Hiropon Factory in Japan, which later developed into Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., a large art-making and artist management corporation. Murakami is also a curator and a critical observer of Japanese art. In 2000, he founded the "superflat" movement, a post-modern style drawing inspiration from Japanese manga (comics created in Japan), graphic design...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Ink

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Roland Breucker Je Parle Avec Les Mains' Art Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Je Parle Avec Les Mains by Roland Breucker, published in 1985 by Gilbert Salachas, Paris, is a hardcover edition bound in cloth with a dust jacket. While the jacket shows a few small...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

silkscreen
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203 x 198 mm). Not signed. Condition: t...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Screen

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 8 3/4 x 6 inches (225 x 150 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Winged Flyer In Space, Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Winged Flyer In Space Year: 2002 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 4.875 x 4.5 inches Condition: Excellent Insc...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

IIIII Will Always Love You By The Connor Brother
Located in Dubai, Dubai
IIIII Will Always Love You By The Connor Brother The Connor Brothers are a British artistic duo, originally known for presenting themselves as fictional American twins raised in a ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Pigment

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Pierre Alechinsky's 1999 original poster for Le Printemps des Poètes - Poetry
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre Alechinsky's 1999 original poster for Le Printemps des Poètes (Spring of Poets) stands as a vibrant and visually captivating celebration of the written word and the artistic s...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Circa 1960 Original Golf Poster by Satomi - Japanese Art Deco
Located in PARIS, FR
A very nice poster made around the 1960s by Munetsugu Satomi 🇯🇵 (1904-1996), a famous graphic designer known for his Art Deco posters, some of which...
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1960s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, The Banners, from To the Bulls with Picasso, 1961
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Les Banderilles (The Banners), from the album A Los Toros Avec Picasso (To the Bulls with Picasso), originates from the...
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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Femmes et Singes
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: Femmes et Singes Portfolio: 1958 The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Date: 1958 Edition: 2000 Frame Size: 20" x 27" Sheet Size: 14...
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1950s Abstract Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Bonnard, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 155, 1965. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeu...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Letter of the Alphabet D - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter of the Alphabet D from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century. Signed on the plate. Good condition...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

The Propeller Pilot - Original Handsigned Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Yvon TAILLANDIER The Propeller Pilot Original pastel drawing Handsigned in pencil On vellum BFK Rives 50 x 65 cm (c. 19.6 x 25.5 in) Very good condition, slight traces of pastel in...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Pastel

Indiana, Seven (Sheehan 46-55), Numbers (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Numbers, 1968. Published by the Edition Domberger, Stuttgart, and G...
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1960s Pop Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

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-Lautrec, 1950. Published by Librairie Au Pont des Arts, Paris; rendered by Daniel Jacomet; and, printed by Ateliers Daniel Jacomet et Cie, Paris, Monday, October 30, 1950. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This album, including all the prints dedicated by Toulouse-Lautrec to Yvette Guilbert, was printed for the Librairie Au Pont des Arts, by D. Jacomet. The color state of the Colombine plate in Pierrot and the twenty-seven plates of the French and English series were executed according to the original lithographs (before the letter for the French suite) from the Toulouse-Lautrec workshop and kept in the Cabinet des Stampes of the National Library. The collection includes three plates in color and twenty-eight plates in black. All copies also include a lithograph: Colombine à Pierrot, taken, after special authorization from the Musée d'Albi, on the original stone of Toulouse-Lautrec, by Lucien Détruit. It was taken from this album: A non-trade and nominative example; L examples on a large vélin of Rives including: III proofs of the lithography Colombine à Pierrot printed...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

MORTE D'ARTHUR
Located in Portland, ME
Malory, Thomas. MORTE D'ARTHUR. J. M. Dent, London, 1893. First Edition thus. Edition of 300 printed on Dutch handmade paper, this copy Numbered "72." (There was a "regular" editi...
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1890s Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Keith Haring Pop Shop calendar 1989/1990 (vintage Keith Haring)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop 1989: Rare Keith Haring illustrated 20 month calendar designed by Haring just months before his passing in February, 1990. The calendar was sold in 1989/90 at H...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

The Scream, The Torero - Original handsigned lithograph - Ltd 85 cop (Fluxus)
Located in Paris, IDF
Wolf VOSTELL The Scream : The Torero Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 85 copies Or Arches vellum 64 x 100 cm (c. 26 x 40 inch) INFORMATION : This lithograph was created for the portfolio 'Le Cri...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Soldier's Ballad - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
The Soldier's Ballad is a contemporary artwork realized by Max Ernst in 1972. Mixed colored lithograph on Arches Paper Edited by Manus Presse, Stuttgart 1972. Not signed and not n...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Pigeon, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.347)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Pigeon is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.75x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers). Catalogue - Cramer #37 The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work. Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential. For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate). These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

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