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Art Subject: Document
Gerlach's Allegorien Plate #83: "Seasons" Lithograph by Carl Otto Czeschka
Located in Chicago, IL
after Carl Otto Czeschka, (1878-1960), Austrian A leading member of the Vienna Secession and later the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshop), Carl Otto Czeschka was a vital f...
Category

1890s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Banksy vs Bristol Museum portfolio
Located in Manchester, GB
Banksy, Banksy vs Bristol Museum Portfolio, 2009 1 x Banksy vs Bristol Museum show poster, Dorothy: 42 x 59.5 ( 16.5 x 23.4 in) 1 x Banksy vs Bristol Museum show poster, Copper: 42 ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Giclée, Paper, Postcard

Artiste Animaliers, Art Nouveau Poster by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen, French/Swiss (1859 - 1923) - Artiste Animaliers, Year: 1981, Medium: Poster with Embossed Cat Blindstamp, Size: 20.5 x 25 in. (52.07 x 63.5 cm), Prin...
Category

1980s Art Nouveau Animal Prints

Materials

Offset

David Shrigley -- Witness my Joy
Located in BRUCE, ACT
DAVID SHRIGLEY Witness my Joy Screenprint in colours on 410gsm Somerset wove Hand Signed, dated verso Edition 9 / 125 in pencil verso Published by Galleri Nicolai Wallner Sheet 75 x...
Category

2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Botero-Mozart '91 Salzburg Vintage lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original limited edition poster for Mozart '91, Salzburg. Published by Marlborough Gallery, New York. Lithograph printed on Arches paper with deckled edges. This original lithograph...
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hamlet - Theatre Sarah Bernhardt (after) Alphonse Mucha, 1969
Located in New York, NY
These beautiful and colorful lithographic posters were hand reproduced by the Mourlot Studio's Master Printer Henri Deschamps in 1969. They are not to be mistaken with later cheap di...
Category

1960s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1939 Original poster by Derouet Lesacq for the National Lottery - Eiffel Tower
Located in PARIS, FR
Vintage advertising poster made by Derouet Lesacq in 1939 for the National Lottery with the slice of the Eiffel Tower. Economy - Paris Lafayette Paris
Category

1930s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Save Stilettos
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Faile Title: Save Stilettos Size: 39 x 27.5 in Medium: Silkscreen Edition: of 100 Year: 2016 Notes: Custom Framed 18 Color Silkscreen Ink on Paper Archival Coventry Rag 290gsm. Signed & Stamped, Faile 2010 "The prints where released in conjunction with the Bedtime Stories show featuring some of the new processes involved in the wood paintings. These are 18-color silkscreen prints on an archival Coventry Rag 290gsm, deckled edge paper. Based off 3 new images from the show. It was quite a journey to try and convey the wood block paintings...
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Save Stilettos
$3,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Staircase, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 52 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 62.4 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 72.8 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format pho...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Harry Bunce, Law and Order, Limited edition animal print, Political Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Law And Order by Harry Bunce [2021] limited_edition Original Print mounted on mountboard Edition number 24 Image size: H:59 cm x W:73 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:59 cm x...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Screen, Paper

"In the Beginning There Were Mistakes" Gallery Poster
Located in Chesterfield, MI
"In the Beginning There Were Mistakes" is a Gallery Poster featuring the artwork of CHARLES BRAGG (American, b. 1931). The print measures 28 x 22 inches and is unframed. It is Plate-...
Category

Late 20th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Shepard Fairey Lifeguard Not on Duty Screenprint Contemporary Street Art Summer
Located in Draper, UT
Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2014 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 08/12/14 Run: 184/450 Technique: Screen Print Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Number...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Art Deco gouache original artwork 1937 Carnival Night advertising poster design
Located in London, GB
Hammond (British, fl. 1930s) Original design for poster and flyer for Carnival Night at the King's Head 26x19 cm Gouache, 1937 Sadly nothing is known of the life of the artist of th...
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Guinness Family 1963- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Guinness Family 1963- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Hon Desmond Guinness in his recently acquired home Leixlip Castle, Co Kildare, Ireland with his children Marina and Patrick. Their m...
Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Milton Glaser's original poster for The New Mechanic Baltimore Center
Located in PARIS, FR
An icon of American graphic design, Milton Glaser lent his visionary aesthetic to this 1979 poster celebrating the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore, known here as “The New Mec...
Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Look Jane Ink Watercolor on Paper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Look Jane, ink, watercolor on archival paper. From the new series. Jane and Dick conversation. Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid &...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Le Microscope - Les Peintres Témoins de Leur Temps (after) Bernard Buffet, 1969
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Bernard Buffet Medium: Original Lithographic Poster, 1969 Dimensions: 30.3 x 20.5 in / 77 x 52 cm Arches Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A This lithographic poster after Bernard Buffet was executed by Charles Sorlier in 1969, under the artist's supervision for the exhibition "Les Peintres Témoins de Leurs Temps...
Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Charleroi By Kees van Dongen, 1964
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Kees Van Dongen Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1964 Dimensions: 30.25 x 20.5 in
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1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Le Cénacle
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Cenacle is an 1897 chromolithograph of Victor Mignot's poster, printed at Imprimerie Chaix under the direction Ernest Maindron and G. Boudet for the lauded poster collection 'Les ...
Category

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Cecil Beaton: 1904-1980 by Electa Editrice Publishers
Located in New York, NY
"Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)", Published by Electa Editrice Portfolios, 16.25 x 12.50, 1982 A portfolio of twelve heliogravure plates with tissue guard-leaves and limitation leaflet wi...
Category

1980s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

Modes et Manières d'Aujourd'hui
Located in Wilton, CT
7 volumes, complete. Six 8vo volumes (292 x 190 mm), and one 4to (Huitieme année, 1919, 310 x 245 mm). Publisher's pictorial paper board portfolios, patterned endpapers, housing loos...
Category

1910s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Gouache

Shepard Fairey Diptych Fine Art Prints "Golden Future For Some" Street Urban
Located in Draper, UT
Diptych Screen Print Set – Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Golden Future for Some Shepard Fairey Screen print on Cream Speckle Tone fine art paper Metallic gold ink Limited editio...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Images - Musée d'Antibes by Jacques Prevert, 1963
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful lithographic and photographic poster was created as a mixed media to promote an exhibition of Jacques Prévert's surrealist and symbolist...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rock 80s WHT
Located in Boca Raton, FL
After graduating with an engineering degree, Grossman soon discovered his passion for photography. In 2000, he graduated from NYU and the International Center of Photography with an...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, C Print

Sol y Dali - Rare Vintage Lithograph Poster - Mourlot 1967 (Field #67-1)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali Sol y Dali Vintage lithographic poster (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate Edited in 1967 by Jean Schneider On paper 78 x 54 cm...
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nativity in the Desert - Engraving by Corrado Cagli - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Engraving on gold plate on a silver base. Signed by the author and numbered. Edition of 3.000. Very good condition.   Corrado Cagli (Ancona, 1910 - Rome, 1976) was an Italian art...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

"I Care" Figurative ballerina urban pop art painting with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media painting by Adam Baranello. Size 36 x 36 in. Offered unframed. Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. Multidisciplinary artist Adam Baranello creates mus...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Original Villemot c1970 Poster Pathe Marconi with Dog
Located in Boca Raton, FL
In this whimsical design created by the gifted poster artist Bernard Villemot, we see the modern day dog admiring the voice and image of his master in the television screen. In the b...
Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1941 Unknown 'Rage in Heaven'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 40.75 x 27 inches ( 103.505 x 68.58 cm ) Image Size: 38.75 x 25 inches ( 98.425 x 63.5 cm ) Framed: No Condition: C: Several Signs of use and handling, some visible ma...
Category

1940s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Reinhard Görner 'Inter Arma Charitas' Lisbon, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Inter Arma Charitas Lisbon, Portugal 2014 50 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed Internal Search: Reinhard Görner, Library series, Halle, Germany, Large-Scale Photography, Large-scale German photography, German Libraries, German Monuments...
Category

2010s Conceptual Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Captured by Steve Lazarides (Black edition
Located in Manchester, GB
Banksy, Captured by Steve Lazarides (Black edition), 2019 Volume 1, Hardcover by Banksy’s ex-manager Steve Lazarides Edition of 1000. Numbered inside book Has many never-before-s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Laid Paper, Magazine Paper

Like a Rolling Snowball Lithograph by Izumi Kato Limited Edition of 300 signed
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Like a Rolling Snowball (2019). Lithograph by Izumi Kato Limited edition of 300 numbered and signed by the artist 17 7/10 × 13 4/5 in 45 × 35.1 cm Edition 155/300 "Like a Rolling...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Reinhard Görner, Salle Labrouste Library, Paris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Salle Labrouste Library Paris, France 50" x 62.5" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 75" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 87.5" Edition of 5 $11,00...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Harper's May (Plate 115)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Harper's May (Plate 115) is an 1898 lithograph of Edward Penfield's poster, printed at Imprimerie Chaix by Jules Chéret and included in the famed collection of Belle Époque posters 'Les Maîtres de l'Affiche.' From the deluxe edition of 100 printed on japon - total edition size unknown. Framed in an ornate, gold-tone frame. Designed by Edward Penfield for a May edition...
Category

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

The Odes and Epodes of Horace
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed and dated "H. Pyle 1901" lower right corner Title-page illustration published in The Odes and Epodes of Horace, (Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1901). A beautiful and detailed...
Category

Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Pen

Devil Take Us, Hot rod, racing film poster, 1952
Located in Chicago, IL
An entire generation was traumatized by the grotesque classroom films on driving safety. After their sensible removal from the education system, these films became the stuff of legen...
Category

1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Helmut Newton BABY SUMO Book, Limited Edition
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Helmut Newton (German 1920-2004) Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent (book is shrink wrapped); ed. of 10,000 Materials: paper, acrylic Dimensions...
Category

20th Century Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Paper

Originnal psychedelic poster by Victor Moscoso - Hawaii Pop Rock Festival
Located in PARIS, FR
Created by one of the true pioneers of psychedelic poster design, this original 1967 piece by Victor Moscoso captures a pivotal moment in the merging of counterculture, music, and graphic experimentation. Designed for the Hawaii Pop Rock Festival, this poster advertises an impressive lineup featuring Canned Heat...
Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Morgan Library, New York
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Library New York 50 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label,...
Category

2010s Conceptual Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Die Rodelhexe"
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino poster...
Category

1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Grand Tier, Art Deco Screenprint by Giancarlo Impiglia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Giancarlo Impiglia, Italian/American (1940 - ) Title: Grand Tier Year: 1984 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 11/40 Image Size: 25 x 19.5 inch...
Category

1980s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Les Affiches De Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 11.42 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumber...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Alcazar d'Eté, Lidia (Plate 25)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Alcazar d'Eté, Lidia (Plate 25) is an 1886 lithograph of Jules Chéret's poster, printed at Imprimerie Chaix by Jules Chéret and included in the famed collection of Belle Époque poste...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

A Roy Good Times
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Mixed Media

Original French Travel Poster Air France Europe by Maurus
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an early original stone lithograph poster created by the noted artist Maurus, for Air France. In In this image he shows vignettes of various destinations that Air France flie...
Category

1940s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Original Vintage 6th War Loan WWII Poster War Bond 1944
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is a 1944 WWII American war bond poster. The 6th War Loan emphasized a drive to target Japan in the South Pacific front. It began after the November Presidential election, with ...
Category

1940s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Fourth Darmstadt exhibition, Expressionist dragon poster, Bernhard Hoetger, 1914
By Bernhard Hoetger
Located in Chicago, IL
Bernhard Hoetger’s 1914 Expressionist poster for the Darmstadt Artists' Colony’s (Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie) fourth and final exhibition depicts the legend of Saint George slaying ...
Category

1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

'Fan Mail' 1955- Slim Aarons Official Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail' 1955 Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released. ...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Simon Frevalles
Located in New York, NY
Poster Adverting the Entertainer Simon Frevalles. 1923. Color lithograph. On Linen. An outstanding twentieth century painter, printmaker and illustrator, Marcel Vertes moved from his native Hungary to Paris during the First World War. The art of Marcel Vertes was at its peak during the vibrant and somewhat wild decade of the 1920’s. Concentrating upon scenes of Paris street life, portrayals of women and depictions of circus and cabaret acts, Vertes left a legacy of original lithographs and drawings that superbly capture the spirit of 1920’s Paris. Vertès is also responsible for the original murals in the Café Carlyle...
Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Dismaland Official Program
Located in Manchester, GB
Banksy, Dismaland Official Program, 2015 Softcover magazine 29.2 x 33 cm (11.42 x 13.39 in) Unknown edition size This was one of the very few official items that were for sale at...
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Magazine Paper

Carless Whispers
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: D*Face Title: Careless Whispers Size: 20 9/10 × 39 2/5 in (53 × 100 cm) Technique: Screen Print Edition: of 140 Year: 2019 Notes: D*Face, aka Dean Stockton...
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Circa 1970 Original travel poster for Grindelwald in Switzerland
Located in PARIS, FR
This striking original travel poster from circa 1970 captures the pristine beauty of Grindelwald in Switzerland, photographed by E. Schudel. The composition immerses viewers in an et...
Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper

Original advertising poster from circa 1900 by Tamagno - Kina Cadet aperitif
Located in PARIS, FR
This rare and highly collectible original advertising poster from circa 1900 was created by the prolific Italian-French poster artist Tamagno for Kina-Cadet, an aperitif produced by ...
Category

Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century French transatlantic liner menu with printed illustration by French artist Jean Adrien Mercier. Signed in the print, top left and dated 1956 inside centre. This highly c...
Category

Mid-20th Century Baroque Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Printer's Ink

Bosch-Licht (Headlights) by Lucian Bernhard, Automobile design lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
Lucian Bernhard was an award-winning graphic, interior, and typography designer and highly influential to the world of 20th century graphic and poster ...
Category

1890s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Le Rire - Vintage Comic Magazine
Located in Roma, IT
Le Rire is a vintage Comic Magazine printed on November 1896, with illustration by A. Willette. Good condition on a yellowed paper, except for some torn paper...
Category

19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Läderlappen"
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino poster...
Category

1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Orient Cycles by Edward Penfield, Bicycle motorcycle lithograph, 1897
Located in Chicago, IL
The Waltham Manufacturing Company was co-founded in 1893 in New York by Charles Metz and three business partners. The company's designer, Metz, called his cycles “Orient racing bicycles,” named after the Orient Fire Insurance...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Noël 1896–1897 issue of L'Illustration by Alphonse Mucha
Located in PARIS, FR
In the golden twilight of the 19th century, when print culture merged with the rising tide of decorative modernism, Alphonse Mucha emerged as a visionary who would forever redefine t...
Category

1890s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Big bad Wolf, Street Art, Pop Art, Wolf, Wall Street
Located in München, BY
Edition 5 Big bad Wolf JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine British sense of...
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

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