R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "The Artist's Wife, Seated" Collotype plate VI
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Reclining Nude w/Green Stockings" Collotype PL XI
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Woman with Greyhound" Collotype plate III
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "One-Year-Volunteer Private" Collotype plate V
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Male Nude in Red Loincloth" Collotype plate II
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Seated Woman with Bent Knee" Collotype plate I
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Portrait of a Child" Collotype plate X
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female Semi-Nude" Collotype plate XII
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
$14,500
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Torso" Collotype plate IV
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Two Girls, Lying Entwined" Collotype plate VIII
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Russian Soldier" Collotype plate VII
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Nude With Raised Arm" Collotype plate IX
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Crouching Female Nude" Collotype plate V
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a ...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Nursing Mother with Child" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Reclining Female Nude Glancing Up" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Self-Portrait" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Portrait Study (Head of a Girl)" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Reclining Girl, Half-Figure" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
$4,200
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
$3,200
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Female Nude, Walking" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Female Nude, Back View" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female, Semi-Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen, "Seated Female Nude w/Orange Drapery" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a ...
Paper
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H 18.5 in W 11.5 in D 0.1 in
Female Nude, Walking after Egon Schiele, 1920 Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Culver City, CA
Handzeichnungen is a 1920 fine art portfolio consisting of 15 collotype prints after original watercolors and drawings by Egon Schiele. Female Nude, Walking after Egon Schiele Hand...
Lithograph
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H 18.75 in W 11.5 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen, "Seated Female Nude w/Orange Drapery" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a ...
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H 18.75 in W 11.5 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen, "Seated Female Nude w/Orange Drapery" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a ...
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H 11.5 in W 18.75 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female, Semi-Nude" Collotype plate
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
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H 19.13 in W 12.19 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Portrait of a Child" Collotype plate V
By Egon Schiele and Max Jaffé
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
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H 19.13 in W 12.25 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "One-Year-Volunteer Private" Collotype plate V
By Egon Schiele and Max Jaffé
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
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H 18.13 in W 12 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Seated Woman with Bent Knee" Collotype plate I
By Egon Schiele and Max Jaffé
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
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H 18.75 in W 12.25 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Woman with Greyhound" Collotype plate III
By Egon Schiele and Max Jaffé
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
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H 17.25 in W 12 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Russian Soldier" Collotype plate VII
By Egon Schiele and Max Jaffé
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
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H 11 in W 16.75 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female Semi-Nude" Collotype plate XII
By Egon Schiele and Max Jaffé
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
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H 18.75 in W 12.25 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Woman with Greyhound" Collotype plate III
By Egon Schiele and Max Jaffé
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
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H 18.13 in W 11.5 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "The Artist's Wife, Seated" Collotype plate VI
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Paper
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H 17.25 in W 12 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Russian Soldier" Collotype plate VII
By Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
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H 11 in W 16.75 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female Semi-Nude" Collotype plate XII
By Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
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H 18.75 in W 11.5 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Nursing Mother with Child" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
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H 11.5 in W 18.75 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Reclining Female Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
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H 18.75 in W 11.5 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Standing Female Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a ...
Paper
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H 18.75 in W 11.5 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Female Model, Seated" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
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H 18.58 in W 11.76 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Crouching Female Nude" Collotype plate V
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a ...
Paper
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H 18.75 in W 11.5 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Nursing Mother with Child" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
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H 12.4 in W 18.55 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Reclining Female Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
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H 12.4 in W 18.55 in
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Reclining Female Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The collotype print form was at this time the preferred method of reproducing fine works of art. The printer of Schiele’s Zeichnungen and Handzeichnungen portfolios was Max Jaffe, a...
Paper
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H 18.75 in W 12.5 in
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Male Nude in Red Loincloth" Collotype plate II
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Zeichnungen is a fine art print portfolio published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Richard Lanyi, Vienna, 1917, printed by Max Jaffe in an edition of 400 under the supervision of Egon Sc...
Reclining Nude with Green Stockings From Zeichnungen By Egon Schiele
By Egon Schiele
Located in New York, NY
Zeichnungen 1917 Vienna, Richard Lányi, Editor-Publisher Max Jaffe, Printer Plate VI of 12 collotypes in a limited edition of 400 Zeichnungen appeared in a string-tied cardb...
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H 20 in W 13 in
Portrait Sketch (Blue, Red and White Tinted) Porträtskizze
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Toronto, CA
All the works were printed posthumously, one year after Klimt’s death, by the Kunstanstalt Max Jaffé, a Viennese specialist in fine art collotypes.
Lithograph
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H 18.5 in W 11.5 in D 0.1 in
Reclining Girl, Half-Figure (Sketch Folio) after Egon Schiele, 1920 Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Culver City, CA
Handzeichnungen is a 1920 fine art portfolio consisting of 15 collotype prints after original watercolors and drawings by Egon Schiele. Reclining Girl, Half-Figure after Egon Schie...
Lithograph
$185,000 / set
H 12 in W 12 in D 10 in
A 200 Plus Set of 19 Century Imperial Russian Silver Flatware by Andrei Bragin
By Andrei Bragin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional and extremely rare set of a combination of silver and vermeil (gilded silver) flatware designed and crafted in St Petersburg Russia by Andrei Stepanovich Bragin d...
Silver, Vermeil
$336,580
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
$125,000
H 18 in W 18.5 in
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Kiss" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The Kiss, no. 1 from the fifth installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts Undoubtedly Klimt’s best known and most reproduced images, this printed version of The Kiss is the only one with...
Handmade Paper
$2,899
H 20.48 in W 14.97 in D 0.01 in
Helene - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary black white
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Helene ‘ Signed by Ian Sanderson lower...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
$97,825
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Wool, Silk
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Metal
$60,307Sale Price|20% Off
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Glass, Walnut
$17,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.69 in W 12.8 in
DIE TRAUME BESCHAUTE (OBSERVED IN A DREAM)
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Published anonymously c. 1920, Vienna, in an edition of 100, after the original watercolor and pencil on paper, titled in the plate at the top: “DIE TRAUM/BESCHAUTE” and signed and d...
Paper
$3,400
H 11 in W 13.75 in
"Masturbating Woman" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Plate #9 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Kli...
Paper
$107,569
H 95.08 in W 69.89 in D 95.28 in
LARGE & IMPORTANT ANTiQUE CIRCA 1600 CHARLES I DOCUMENTED ENGLISH OAK TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...
Oak
$1,971,577
H 179.93 in W 90.95 in D 24.02 in
Monumental Fireplace Signed by Jules Allard and Louis Ardisson
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Located in the hall of a ballroom, this exceptional fireplace welcomed the 80 guests of Edward Julius Berwind's luxurious New York home in the Louis XV style. It attests to the true ...
Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble
Silver-Gilt Exhibition Tea Table by Maison Aucoc
Located in New Orleans, LA
Silver-Gilt Tea Table Maison Aucoc Circa 1904 The turn of the century was the golden age of the great international exhibitions, the venues at which artisans from across the globe w...
Vermeil
Female Nude - Lithograph - 2007
By Egon Schiele
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nude is a colored lithograph from the portfolio " Erotica" by Egon Schiele. It deals with a reproduction of the homonym artwork realized in gouache, watercolor, and black cr...
Lithograph
$6,200
H 15.25 in W 11.5 in
Ottokar Mascha Folio, plate 18: "Shaw Oder Die Ironie Poster" by Egon Schiele
By Egon Schiele
Located in Palm Beach, FL
after EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918) SHAW ODER DIE IRONIE POSTER, C. 1912, (In Mascha, no. 18) Schiele’s poster is an advertisement for a lecture to be given by Egon Friedell (1878-1938). ...
Lithograph
While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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