Post-Modern Art

Abstract Color Field Lithograph in Pale Blue and Brown by American Beat artist Will Peterson (1928-1994.) This lithograph blends the linework and movement of abstract impressionism with a color field-esque composition. A long copper-brown rectangle shines through from the bottom layer of the colors. It is then crossed in multiple places by black linework and hatching. Around this shape a pale cornflower blue acts as a frame and crosses the brown shape in the center. The addition of the cool black and blue tones creates a sense of warmth in the underlying shape. Lithograph is printed on wove paper which is fixed to a larger piece of handmade paper containing the artists signature and a small embossing found on his other pieces from this time period. This paper is displayed on top of a linen covered board with sturdy wood edges and a plexiglass over over the entire piece. Will Peterson was born in Chicago in 1928 to German immigrant parents. He contracted Polio when he was in High School and thus spent much of his early years ill. During this time he started working as a cartoonist for his high school’s paper. He started his official art studies at Wilber Wright College in Chicago and later earned a BA and a MA at Michigan State University. Here he studied print making and lithography under John S. deMartelly. He began enjoying artistic success while still in graduate school, exhibiting at the Detroit Art Institute, the Terry Art Institute, the National Print Exhibition, and the Boston Printmakers. Peterson was drafted into the army in 1952 and thus spent time in Korea and Japan. His time as an educational specialist in Hokkaido was a formative experience for him and his interest in Japanese calligraphy and other arts influenced his later work. Upon returning to the United States, he moved to Oakland, California. He became involved with the beat movement and after founding the Bay Printmakers Society with fellow artist Mel Strawn...

Original Heavy Impasto Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas "Apres Ski" Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a woman holding a beverage by California artist Harald "Harr...

Delicate Abstract Lithograph in Pale Blues and Greys by American Beat artist Will Peterson (1928-1994.) This lithograph features a soft warm grey background overlayed with light blue shading and line work. In the bottom center of the piece is a spiky white shape. The colors and shapes are subtle and feel reminiscent of ice. Lithograph is printed on wove paper which is fixed to a larger piece of handmade paper containing the artists signature and a small embossing found on his other pieces from this time period. This paper is displayed on top of a linen covered board with sturdy wood edges and a plexiglass over over the entire piece. Will Peterson was born in Chicago in 1928 to German immigrant parents. He contracted Polio when he was in High School and thus spent much of his early years ill. During this time he started working as a cartoonist for his high school’s paper. He started his official art studies at Wilber Wright College in Chicago and later earned a BA and a MA at Michigan State University. Here he studied print making and lithography under John S. deMartelly. He began enjoying artistic success while still in graduate school, exhibiting at the Detroit Art Institute, the Terry Art Institute, the National Print Exhibition, and the Boston Printmakers. Peterson was drafted into the army in 1952 and thus spent time in Korea and Japan. His time as an educational specialist in Hokkaido was a formative experience for him and his interest in Japanese calligraphy and other arts influenced his later work. Upon returning to the United States, he moved to Oakland, California. He became involved with the beat movement and after founding the Bay Printmakers Society with fellow artist Mel Strawn...

Howard Hodgkin Tropical Fruit, 1981 Colour screenprint on Velin Arches paper, signed with initials, dated and numbered 69/100 in pencil 78.5 x 93.8 cm - Sheet 91.4 x 106.3 cm - Frame...

Paloma Picasso (born Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot in Vallauris on 19 April 1949), is a French and Spanish fashion ans jewelery designer and businesswoman, best known for her jewelry designs for Tiffany & Co. and her signature perfumes. She is the youngest daughter of 20th-century artist Pablo Picasso and painter and writer Francoise Gilot. Paloma Picasso's older brother is Claude Picasso (b. 1947), her half-brother is Paulo Picasso (1921-1975), her half-sister is Maya (b. 1935), and she has another half-sister, Aurelia (b. 1956), from her mother's relationship with artist Luc Simon. After she graduated from school, her mother let her move alone to Venice, under the not terribly strict eye of her friend the eccentric collector Peggy Guggenheim. Paloma’s first husband was playwright Rafael Lopez-Cambil, with whom she lived a jet-set Warhol-era life (they once planned to make a film about Coco Chanel...

This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certificate of the artist and the Editor who made the artworks. The white painted metal sculpture...

This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...

This engagind and intense artwork was create in 1985 by the Italian artist Edmondo Cirillo. It was forged in bronze and then silver plated. The title of this piece is "Stele frontal...

This stunning abstract Pop artwork was made in 1966, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newsp...

Artist: Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) Title: The Perfect Couple 2 Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil Edition: 300 Image Size: 9 x 12 inches Paper Size: ...

This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1960, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper...

Ugo Cara’ was born in Trieste, Italy in 1908. He took part to numerous Home and International Shows, among which: International Biennale in Venice, Quadrienni...

This engaging bronze abstract sculpture was created by the Italian artist Luciana Matalon in 1980. This is a mulptiple of 1000 specimens numbered and signed. The title is " Archeolog...

Here for your consideration is a original and vibrant watercolor on archival paper by the California artist, Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed in pencil D. Crisp in lower right margin and dated Oct 6, 1967 in pencil in lower left margin. Condition is excellent. The artwork is framed in a one and a half inch narrow matte black frame with off white matte. Overall framed measurements are 12 by 10 inches. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Edward Darrell Crisp was a California painter...

This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1962, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued element...

Frameless Jordi Pagans Montsalvatge began his artistic career in 1948. In 1956 he began to work in the studio of Josep Roca Sastre, an artist who decisive...

Peter Shire (American, b. 1947) "Naked Lady," Painted metal, wire, and found industrial objects sculpture Dimensions: overall: 72"h x 30"w x 24"d Peter Shire (born 1947) is a Los Angeles, California artist. Shire was born in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, where he currently lives and works. His sculpture, furniture, painting, prints and ceramics have been exhibited in the United States, Italy, France, Japan and Poland; Shire has been associated with the Memphis Group of designers, has worked on the Design Team for the XXIII Olympiad with the American Institute of Architects, and has designed public sculptures in Los Angeles and other California cities. Shire has been honored by awards for his contribution to the cultural life of the City of Los Angeles. He is an influential LA ceramicist along with and influenced by Ken Price and ceramic master Peter Voulkos. Of a similar mod vibe to Charlie Hewitt and Brad Howe. The Memphis Milano Group was an Italian design and architecture group founded in Milan by Ettore Sottsass in 1982 that designed Post modern furniture, fabrics, ceramics, glass, and welded, painted, metal objects from 1981 to 1988. The Memphis group's work often incorporated plastic laminate and was characterized by ephemeral design featuring colorful and abstract decoration as well as asymmetrical shapes, sometimes arbitrarily alluding to exotic or earlier styles. They drew inspiration from such movements as Art Deco and Pop Art, including styles such as the 1950s Kitsch and futuristic themes. Other members included Martine Bedin Michael Graves, Javier Mariscal, Nathalie du Pasquier, Matteo Thun and Marco Zanuso. He was included in the Sullivan Goss show L.A. in S.B. of Postwar and Contemporary California artists including Emerson Woelffer, Ynez Johnston, Peter Krasnow, Edgar Ewing. Their styles ran the gamut from Post Cubist Abstraction to Abstract Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism. In the rich soil of their efforts was grown the next generation of some of L.A.’s art superstars. As well as contemporary artists such as Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Charles Arnoldi, Betye Saar, Frank Gehry, Kenton Nelson, Peter Shire, Patssi Valdez, and Dave Lefner. Further reading A Neglected History: 20th Century American Craft. New York, New York: American Craft Museum, 1990. Clark, Garth. American Ceramics 1907–Present. New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. Domergue, Denise. Artists Design Furniture. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. Fiell, Charlotte and Peter. 1000 Chairs. Italy: Taschen, 2000. Herman, Lloyd E. Art that Works. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1990. Horn, Richard. Memphis: Objects, Furniture, and Patterns. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press, 1983. Radice, Barbara. Memphis. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1984. Taragin, Davara S. Contemporary Crafts and Saxe Collection, The Toledo Museum of Art. New York, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1993. Tempest in a Teapot: The Ceramic Art of Peter Shire. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. Select Museum Collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York Berkeley Museum, Berkeley, California Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel The Jewish Museum, New york city Judisches Museum, Frankfurt, Germany Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina Museum of Arts and Design, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland Newport Art Museum, Newport Beach, California Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Sak’s Fifth Avenue, New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, Washington Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Total Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Selected Solo Exhibition venues Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Chouinard Gallery, South Pasadena, California Antonia Jannone Gallery, Milan, Italy Teapots and Drawings, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles, California S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, Oregon 20th Century Collage...

Artist: Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) Title: Psychiatrist Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil Edition: 300 Image Size: 6 x 9 inches Paper Size: 11 x 15 i...

This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...

Wonderful Bay Area Figurative nude of woman with baskets and hat reclining on bed. By an anonymous bay area artist signed initial "M 91" lower right corner. On verso, location "Palo ...

Wonderful post-modern wall sculpture that is part of artist Jack Reilly (American, b. 1950) "Classics Series" solo exhibition held at the Boritzer-Gray Gallery in October, 1989 at Los Angeles. This unique piece juxtaposes classical motifs with 3 dimensional stacked geometrically modern shapes and hues. The combination of linear structure and color field painting with illusionary space resulted in a unique synthesis of abstraction and pictorial depth, which was sometimes referred to as "Abstract Illusionism." Signed and dated on verso "Jack Reilly, October 1989." Image size: 19"H x 29"W x 3.5"D Reilly's early work reflected various influences of prominent artists of the time including Frank Stella, Elsworth Kelly...

Original etching on archival paper by Jack Levine. Condition is very good; strong impression. Done in 1963. The etching is housed in a contemporary matte black frame. Under glass. Overall framed measurements are 24.5 by 17.25 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate. Publication Printed by Emiliano Sorini; published by Associated American Artists Full sheet; not trimmed. 22 by 15 inches Edition 74/100 in pencil lower left margin. Pencil signed by artist lower right margin Jack Levine American, 1915–2010 A painter and printmaker best known for political and social commentaries, Jack Levine drew inspiration from satirical German expressionist artists, such as George Grosz and Oskar Kokoscha, and took stylistic cues from the paintings of Titian, Diego Velázquez, and Francisco de Goya. Rejecting the formal qualities and ideologies of contemporary art movements, Levine caricatured 20th-century issues—inequality, big business...

This engaging and kinetic artwork was created by the French artist Jean Marie and Marthe Simonnet Title "Polimorphes" translated in "Polymorphic". This artwork is Kinetic and can c...

This is a joyful bronze sculpture; this art work has signed by the well known Italian artist Concetto Pozzati. Title Lucky Charm. This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 p...

Delicate Abstract Lithograph with Blue and Orange by American Beat artist Will Peterson (1928-1994.) This lithograph blends the linework and movement of abstract impressionism with a color field-esque composition. The vibrant orange rectangle in the center of the piece is bracketed by a contrasting cobalt border. The edges of these shapes are softened by delicate linework and areas of hazy lighter blues and whites. Overall, this creates an atmospheric and striking piece. Lithograph is printed on wove paper which is fixed to a larger piece of handmade paper containing the artists signature and a small embossing found on his other pieces from this time period. This paper is displayed on top of a linen covered board with sturdy wood edges and a plexiglass over over the entire piece. Will Peterson was born in Chicago in 1928 to German immigrant parents. He contracted Polio when he was in High School and thus spent much of his early years ill. During this time he started working as a cartoonist for his high school’s paper. He started his official art studies at Wilber Wright College in Chicago and later earned a BA and a MA at Michigan State University. Here he studied print making and lithography under John S. deMartelly. He began enjoying artistic success while still in graduate school, exhibiting at the Detroit Art Institute, the Terry Art Institute, the National Print Exhibition, and the Boston Printmakers. Peterson was drafted into the army in 1952 and thus spent time in Korea and Japan. His time as an educational specialist in Hokkaido was a formative experience for him and his interest in Japanese calligraphy and other arts influenced his later work. Upon returning to the United States, he moved to Oakland, California. He became involved with the beat movement and after founding the Bay Printmakers Society with fellow artist Mel Strawn...

Original oil on canvas still life painting by the well known American artist Ly Stellar Harding. Signed by the artist lower right. Circa 1940. Condition is very good; no restoration...

Original oil pastel with graphite tracing of a lively Paris street scene in front of the iconic Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The artist is the well known French artist, Andre Vignoles. ...

"One of Twelve VI" is an etching, 1995, 4 3/4 x 4 3/4, edition: 24, signed in pencil. The print has an embossed chop in the lower right corner, a capital P in a circle indicating th...

Artistic Iridescent Glass Vase with Leaf-Shaped Handles - Italy, Second Half of the 20th Century H 28 cm x W 24 cm Decorative blown glass vase, crafted using a complex technique of ...

River Landscape Painting of a Summer Evening in Ireland by 20th Century Artist, Doris Houston (Born 1948). Her work is held in the collections of several Irish Museums. Art measur...

This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1962, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper...

Oil, acrylic polymers, grout, gold leaf, on shaped canvas.

This is an engaging bronze sculpture create by the Italian artist Patrizia Guerresi, in the 1986. The piece is a multiple of 5000 specimen on a green painted wooden base. The title of this artwork is " Afrodite" translate in Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty...

This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1967, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued element...

Born March 15, 1943 in Szekelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania), Marton Varo studied sculpture at Ion Andreescu Institute of Arts in Cluj, Romania from 1960 to 1966. In...

Original watercolor on archival paper by the California artist, Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed in pencil lower right margin. Dated in pencil lower left m...

Oil on canvas painting by the famous Russian/American artist Ben Benn. Signed lower right and dated 1962. In fine original condition . Overall in contemporary gold gilt frame 48 by...

Original pen and black ink drawing with watercolor wash in specific areas. Study of figures and animals intertwined. Signed vertically right side along with the artist’s initials lower right. The artwork is tabbed on top two corners to a heavy card backing. Circa 1965. Condition is good to very good. Under UV plexiglass. Framed in a contemporary silver gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 16.5 by 19 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate. Craig Rubadoux...

Original black and white abstract lithograph on archival paper by the well known American modernist artist, James Brooks. Signed in pencil by the artist and dated 1961 lower right. ...

Agent X Title : Desiree Calderon Year: 2019 Medium: Digital Print Signed Edition: 125 70 x 70 inches Agent X, cultural explorer and agent of the unknown, is an emerging artist who c...

This artwork titled "l'Attesa" 1965, is an original color lithograph on BFK Rives paper by noted Italian artist Marino Marini, 1901-1980. It is hand signed and numbered 38/60 in penc...

Howard Hodgkin Alexander Street, 1978 Serigraph in multiple colours on Velin Arches 300 gsm mould-made paper with deckled edges Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge '42/90 Hodgki...

This is an engaging bronze sculpture create by the Italian artist Patrizia Guerresi, in the 1986. The piece is a multiple of 1000 specimen on a green painted wooden base. The title o...

Brightly colored industrial watercolor landscape of houses and a clothesline in Pacific Grove, California by Charles F. Thomas (American, 1913-2005), a Carmel, California watercolor artist...

This artwork was created by the artist Jiro Sugawara, the title is "Male horizon" Jiro Sugawara is a post-war artist and he was born in Japon in 1941. He studied sculpture at the Tok...

This is one of the 30 pieces of this engaging artwork realized in bronze by the well known Internationally artist, Ugo La Pietra, in 1985. This artwork well represents the relationsh...

canvas, collage, pastel, acrylic, photo transfers, 2016 Bifurcated sheets of canvas with torn edges suggest the beautiful open vistas now inaccessible to the residents of the Mott Haven and Port Morris areas of the South Bronx, abandoned and dominated by de-teriorating remains, rotting remnants of piers, New York State-owned power stations and City Waste transfer stations. The unusual materials and torn canvas edges convey with tactile sensibility the contradiction documented with photo-transferred images, layered with acrylic and pastel. Materials and image fuse revealing a broken South Bronx history, an urban renewal tragedy, an area once the retreat of choice for fresh air, heath and greenery. The shards of information and vistas evoke the former Port Morris harbor named after Governor Morris a signatory of the constitution. There barges once docked and youth once swam off a pier in the East River. Cunningham’s work centers upon time, transience and contradictions shown through images of the shifting urban present. Compelling environmental concerns juxtaposed against industry, ur-ban blight and the loss of the natural environment as well as her concern for her Bronx home area faced with gentrification drive her work. Linda Cunningham is a Bronx based artist with a long New York and international exhibition career. ODETTA, Bushwick, Brooklyn featured her work in a November two person exhibition and in the Harlem FLUX Art Fair, in 2015 and 2016. Her 2013 installation in No Longer Empty’s “This Side of Paradise,”at the Andrew Freedman House was installed at the Bronx Museum, 2014 in an exhibition sponsored by the Bronx Arts Alliance. The Bronx Museum displayed her sculptural installation ”Urban Regeneration” on its terrace, 2009/10. Exhibitions in Germany began with a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship in Berlin and her monumental public sculptural installations & alternative memorials are permanently sited in Cologne, Kassel, Bad Hersfeld and Cornberg, Germany, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey and City of Sculpture, Hamilton, Ohio. Alternative memorials were sited at the CUNY Graduate Center across from Bryant Park, 1989-1995, in Tribeca and at UN Plaza, New York 1997-1998. Recent temporary public sculpture installations were at Westchester Sq., Bronx. NY, 2014 and Marcus Garvey...

This intense artwork was created in 1970 by the Italian artist Eugenio Miccini. It is a multiple of 30 specimens, numbered and signed 3/30. The title i...

Pedro Pruna Ocerans (1904-1977) - Four drawings - Ink drawing Four framed drawings, ane of them signed and dated. Frame measures 26x29 cm. Pere Pruna Ocerans (Barcelona, ​​1904-1977...

This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certif...

This intense abstract bronze sculpture was created by the Italian artist Eli Riva in the Late 20th Century. The artwork is a multiple numbered and signed of 5...

This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known international artist Riccardo Dalisi. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and complete...

This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 1000 realized in 1980 by the well known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by ...

Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...

Original colored lithograph of a bouquet in teal by the well known French artist, Claude Gaveau. Edition 5/175 in pencil lower left margin. Signed in pencil by the artist lower right...

This engaging artwork was created in 1978 by the Italian artist Fanna Roncoroni. It is a multiple of 1000 pieces numbered and signed by the author. The title is "Lui Lei" translate i...

Original colored lithograph of a seaside village done in a post modernist style. Edition 46/175 in pencil lower left margin. Signed in pencil by the artist lower right margin. Circa...

This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1960, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued element...

mysterious abstracted figure against rich painterly ground :: Painting :: Post Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...

Mixed media on panel. Sprawling cat. Hand signed lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 8.25" x W 10.25" (Board) H 5" x W 7" Piero Aversa was born in Asmara, Eritrea, East Africa, educated at the Belle Arte in Rome, and lived and exhibited worldwide. He moved to the US in 1953. Piero Aversa was passionate about many facets of artistic expression. A larger than life Gay Artist, he enjoyed the company of many jet setters in New York City during his Fashion and Interior Design days. Originally from Italy he finally settled in Key West, Florida where the largest collection of his art is displayed. His talents span design in fabrics, wall covering, jewelry and films as well as the fine arts. The exhibition in Rome in 1959, of “The Most Beautiful Women of Rome”, catapulted him to international recognition. In New York, he designed celebrity mannequins for the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue. The depicted “New York's high-born, wealthy jet-setters” included Louise Savitt, Baby Jane Holzer and Wendy Vanderbilt. He is acknowledged for his sensitivity to the different lands he had been inspired by, from the primitive backdrops of Greek Mythology to the botanical lushness of Mexico, Italy, Greece and the Southern United States. He established his own line of wallpapers and fabrics, receiving praise for his interior design of suites at the historic Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Aversa was collected by actresses Katherine Hepburn and Agnes Moorehead; diplomat and prominent New York socialite, Francis Kellogg; gallery owner, Julius Fleischmann; society songstress and millionaire industrialist, Mr. & Mrs. David Muss; and American songwriter, Jule Styne. He was also collected by various Italian nobility, Count and Countess Scribani Rossi from Rome, Principessa Niky Boncompagni, and Countess Alicia Paolozzi from Rome. The arrival of Piero in Mykonos, Greece and opening of his bar in the early 70's began a somewhat historical era for the gay community of the time. His work has a Surrealist quality that reminds me of Van Eno another Key West art...