Cubist Art

"Young Woman in Shirt" was painted in 1905 by Pablo Picasso and depicts a standing female in his typical early blue phase style. The color lithograph offered here comes beautifully f...

Original Edition Linocut on archival paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Pu...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, N° 29-...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Charles Green Shaw Tabac, circa 1935 Signed on the reverse Oil on canvasboard 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches Provenance: Washburn Gallery, New York, 1982 Private Collection (acquired from the above) Christie's, The Collector, October 20, 2021, Lot 307 Private Collection, Scarsdale, New York (acquired directly from the above) Literature: Hilton Kramer, "Charles Shaw: In the Minimal Tradition," New York Times, February 21, 1982, Section 2, p. 25. Charles Green Shaw was born in 1892 to a wealthy New York family. He lost both his parents at a very young age; his mother died when he was just three years old. Despite the early loss of his parents, Shaw lived the whimsical life of a New York socialite. As a beneficiary to an inheritance based in part upon the Woolworth fortune, he was brought up surrounded by the well-bred, well-groomed and well-moneyed citizens of New York’s elite social class. His social status as an adolescent was cultivated while spending summers in Newport and attending Christmas balls at Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt’s. At age six, Shaw began to take an interest in drawing, and by nine, he was known to have a fondness for sketching historical costumes. After graduating from Yale University in 1914, Shaw spent a year studying at Columbia University’s School of Architecture. Subsequently he served for eighteen months as a Lieutenant in World War I. After his service, Shaw returned to New York and tried his hand as a businessman selling real estate, but his attempt was short lived. In the early 1920s, Shaw began his career as a journalist and novelist. He achieved professional success, writing consistently for magazines such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The Smart Set. Shaw’s writing was a record of his approvals and disapprovals of the social crowd to which he belonged. His profession along with his social pedigree, brought him in contact with a number of the most significant figures of the 1920s such as, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, George Gershwin, George Jean Nathan and the American artist George Luks. Some of his profiles included celebrity caricatures used as illustrations, these were the publics’ first look at Shaw’s artistic ability. In 1928, a collection of Shaw’s articles and interviews were published in one volume titled, The Low Down. Just previous to the stock market crash and the end of the Jazz Age, Shaw left New York and traveled to Paris and London. He arrived in Paris in 1929. In an autobiographical note Shaw suggests it was on this trip when he first began to paint seriously. London also acted as a great source of motivation for the budding artist. He began to sketch everyday in St. James’s Park, making large pastels of its vistas in the style of Cezanne. When he returned to New York in 1932, Shaw considered himself a painter. Success for Shaw came quickly with his first solo exhibition mounted at the Valentine Gallery in 1934. The following year Albert Eugene Gallatin included works by the artist in an unprecedented solo exhibition at his Gallery of Living Art at New York University. Shaw further cemented his reputation as an artist through his association and friendship with fellow abstract artists Morris and Gallatin. The trio soon was regarded as ‘the Park Avenue Cubists’. As a founding member of the American Abstract Artists, Shaw became an impassioned defender of the style. His 1938 essay in the American Abstract Artists yearbook, “A Word to the Objector”, acted as a defense against those who failed to see the illustrative quality of abstract art and scolded those who disregarded American artists as serious Abstractionists. He was also an influential force at the Museum of Modern Art, where he sat on the Advisory Board from 1936 to 1941. In the later years of Shaw’s life he continued to produce abstract paintings, yet in a more private manner. He was known to be a reserved man— a ‘gentleman’; not much is known about his personal life in these later years. During this time he maintained his career as a writer, publishing the well-known children’s book, It Looked Like Spilt Milk in 1940 and two books of poems in 1959 and 1962. In 1974, Shaw died...

Original Edition Linocut on archival paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Pu...

Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, N° 29-...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, N° 29-...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

William S. Schwartz Still Life with Yellow Mums, circa 1950 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts William Schwartz was born in Smorgon, Russia, in 1896, one of nine children in a poor family. He studied art at an early age, earning a scholarship at the Vilna Art School in Russia, 1908–12. He immigrated to the United States at age 17 in 1913, living in New York with his sister for eight months and then moving to Omaha, Nebraska, to live with his brother in 1915. Working as a house painter, he turned his attention to art, studying briefly with J. Laurie Wallace at the Kellom School in Omaha before moving to Chicago. He entered the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1916, studying with Ivan Trutnev and Karl A. Buehr, and graduating with honors in life drawing, portraiture, and painting in 1917. He supported himself as a tenor singer in vaudeville, concerts, and opera and received favorable reviews, but he chose to pursue painting instead of singing. His circle of artist friends included important Chicago modernists Aaron Bohrod, Malvin and Ivan Albright, Archibald Motley Jr., and Anthony Angarola...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Paper Size: 29.25 x 21.25 inches ( 74.295 x 53.975 cm ) Image Size: 23 x 15 inches ( 58.42 x 38.1 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additio...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Published by Éditions Cercle d'...

Original Edition Linocut on archival paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Pu...

Original Edition Linocut on archival paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Pu...

David Hockney, Mount Fuji and Flowers, 2016 Offset lithograph 63.5 x 86.5 cm (Unframed) 67 x 93.5 cm (Framed) Original poster produced by the MET featuring Hockney’s 1972...

Original Limited Edition Collotype on Arches paper. Paper Size: 10.25 x 16.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Edition: 1500, plus proofs. Excellent condit...

Original Edition Linocut on archival paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso: Linogravures. Pu...

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) 'Mes Dessins d'Antibes', 1958 lithograph on paper Velin Arches 300 g. 20.1 x 25.8 in. (51 x 65.5 cm.) Edition of 200 Unframed ID: PIC2001-017 P...

Highly Motivated This oil painting ‘Art Deco Nude – 14-08-22’ is based on my graphite pencil drawing ‘Art Deco Nude – 05-08-22’. I liked that one and saw the potential...

Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...

This incredibly stylish piece by this highly sought after artist evokes the essence of the 1950s with its jaunty Cubist style. The piece is in shabby chic condition and could be enjo...

Marlot – 24-09-20 Marlot Cows And now for something completely different: cows in Marlot. I wanted to change the subject for once and do a drawing similar to the horses in my drawing Laren 30-04-20. I never have been an artist drawing and painting animals frequently but I thought I give it a shot and since I am in the mood after my rediscovery of colored pencils, there you have it. Cubistic Animals I always have loved cows...

The series ‘In Between the Shadows’ consists of structural and geometric photographs that take their inspiration from the cubist movement. The works aim to challenge the conventional perception of depth within the medium of photography by showing different viewpoints at the same time and within the same space. The chiaroscuro lighting embraces shadows and light as juxta- positional tools to deconstruct familiar objects and transform them into surreal compositions. Sander Vos...

Wonderful mid century cubist figurative of older woman with flowers and basket in style of Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963). Signature (Possibly "Louyot") and dated "1964" lower right corner. Presented in original, gilt-toned painted frame (included as-is). Image size: 36"H x 25"W An early 1900s modern art movement, Cubism focused on exploring relationships between images, perspectives and materials, and opened the door to Abstraction. Cubism began in Paris with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The term 'Cubist' was a derisive description by a critic of a geometric landscape painting done by Braque in 1908. Juan Gris, the originator of Collage, joined Picasso and Braque in 1910. Originating influences on Cubism included geometric-shaped paintings of Paul Cezanne, Post-Impressionisms’ emphasis on flat picture surfaces, and Picasso's fascination with the abstraction he perceived in African tribal masks. Aspects of Cubism were Analytical Cubism and Synthetic Cubism (see Glossary). By 1914, the Cubist movement as an organizing force officially terminated with the beginning of World War I. But its effects remain today. "Almost all later art, figurative and abstract, two and three-dimensional, random or hieratic, was conditioned in some way by these new dimensions of reality." (Phaidon) Other French artists associated with Cubism concepts were Fernand Leger, Marcel Duchamp and Nicholas Delauney. In America, leading Cubist painters...

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Le Goût du Bonheur, 1970. Published by Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris; Carl Schünemann Verlag, Bremen; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York; printed by Guenther Dietz, Munich, Fall 1970. Excerpted from the folio, The re-creations in this Album were printed in the Fall of 1970 in the studios of Guenther Dietz, Munich, under the personal supervision of Pablo Picasso. They are in the exact size of the original drawings, and were produced through a unique process that employs the same type of materials as used by the artist, instead of the usual printing inks. Grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal are among the artist's matetials used in making the re-creations in this Album. The paper is handmade and is pure rag Vélin d'Arches. The etchings in the special Albums numbered 1 to 35 were pulled in the Ateliers Grommelynck, Paris. This Album comprises three of Picasso's studio sketchbooks dated respectively by the artist according to day, month, and year, as follows: 25.4.64 -20.5.64, 15.9.04-6,10.64, 8.10.64 - 9.10.64. This is the sole edition of re-creations that will ever be made of these hitherto unpublished drawings and three publishers have collaborated in its creation Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris Carl Schünemann Verlag, Bremen. The combined edition has been limited to 1998 Albums for the entire world, and these have been divided into three parallel but separate editions, one for each of the participating publishers, and each separate edition has been numbered from 1 to 666. Special Albums, numbered 1 to 35 in each edition, include an original etching signed by Picasso. Of this etching, one hundred twenty-five proofs have been pulled, with twenty reserved for the artist and his friends. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Spanish painter and sculptor is one of the most recognized figures of twentieth century art. During his artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works using all kinds of mediums. He changed art more profoundly than any other artist of his time. First famous for pioneering cubism, Picasso continued to develop his art with a pace...

Original Limited Edition Lithograph on Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Edition: 2,000, plus proofs. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: Published by Atelier Mourlot, Paris, 1964. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Spanish painter and sculptor is one of the most recognized figures of twentieth century art. During his artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works using all kinds of mediums. He changed art more profoundly than any other artist of his time. First famous for pioneering cubism, Picasso continued to develop his art with a pace...

A Most Peculiar Photo This work is a conversion of my graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism - 07-08-21 (sold)’ into oil. For the appreciation of the merits of the initial referenc...

Poster by Pablo Picasso for Alex Maguy exhibition in Galerie de l'Elysée on May - June 1962. Signed and dated in plate. Lithograph in colors, from an edition of 1.000 copies. Ref: ...

Roundism – 22-09-20 Roundism Once More After an odd month doing other project it was time to do one in my roundism style again. Actually it was inevitable to do this piece in m...

Enter Kali Enter Kali The Destroyer. This oil is an elaboration of an earlier graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 26-04-16 (sold)’. At first I planned to do this this oil befor...

Juan Jose Abella Rubio was born in Estercuel, a hamlet anchored in the Teruel mining basin in March 1944. In his painting the ocher and reddish colors of his first environment are w...

Geesje Kwak – 12-07-21 A Portrait of Geesje A day ago I experimented with Art Graf. I was quite surprized and therefor I thought it would be nice to do a portrait of Geesje Kwak. There are only some odd 15 pictures...

Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...

Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...

Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by Max Papart. Image size 31 x 25 inches. Sheet size 39 x 31 inches. Frame size approx 44 x 37 inches. Edition of 90. Ar...

Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...

Art Graf Debutant Of late I am exploring textures of fabrics like satin, silk and all other shining objects such as gold and silver. Two months ago I made the first one, depicting...

Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Picassian surrealist figure - Oil on tablex. Oil measures 50x40 cm. Frame size 65x55 cm. The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romero (Herencia, 1930 – Sao Paulo...

Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...

Roundism – 14-08-20 In this one I started hatching up the paper with diagonal strokes like always when the motif is very dark. I did not wanted to rub them out like I am use to ...

Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...

Solarized Geometry – 10-09-20 Solarized Geometry After my drawing Roundism – 29-08-20 it was time to delve into this type of solarized geometry. The latter is about propertie...

Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by Max Papart. Image size 31 x 25 inches. Sheet size 39 x 31 inches. Frame size approx 44 x 37 inches. Edition of 90. Ar...

Hommage to the Entombment of Christ by Caravaggio – 05-12-20 Learning Material In my classes I often use ‘The Entombment of Christ’ by C...

Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...