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Canto Pisan (planche 8)
Canto Pisan (planche 8)

Canto Pisan (planche 8)

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Paris, FR

(image) From the book "Canto Pisan" by Ezra Pound Japanese paper mysterious fingerprint in ink on the design This etching and aquatint is one of eight illustrating Ezra Pound's text...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Canto Pisan (planche 6)
Canto Pisan (planche 6)

Canto Pisan (planche 6)

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Paris, FR

Handsigned by the artist in pencil Certificate of authenticity Arches Paper This engraving, created to illustrate Ezra Pound’s "Canto Pisan", demonstrates Zao Wou-Ki’s ability to t...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Picasso by Gertrude Stein
Picasso by Gertrude Stein

Picasso by Gertrude Stein

$125

H 8.75 in W 5.75 in D 0.5 in

Picasso by Gertrude Stein

Located in valatie, NY

Gertrude Stein, an intellectual tastemaker, hosted the leading salon for artists and writers between the wars in her Paris apartment, welcoming Henri Matisse, Ernest Hemingway, and E...

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Vintage 1940s Books

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Paper

Hardback monograph of renowned sculptor: TROVA (hand signed by Ernest Trova)
Hardback monograph of renowned sculptor: TROVA (hand signed by Ernest Trova)

Hardback monograph of renowned sculptor: TROVA (hand signed by Ernest Trova)

By Ernest Trova

Located in New York, NY

Trova continued his ad hoc art education, seeking out painter Willem de Kooning and poet Ezra Pound, whose dual influences heavily impacted the young artist’s developing practice and...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Modernist wooden garden table 1930's
Modernist wooden garden table 1930's

Modernist wooden garden table 1930's

$1,767

H 18.12 in Dm 28.35 in

Modernist wooden garden table 1930's

Located in Forest, BE

Artists attempted to depart from traditional forms of art, which they considered outdated or obsolete. The poet Ezra Pound's 1934 injunction to "Make it New" was the touchstone of th...

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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Patio and Garden Furniture

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Hardwood

Modernist wooden garden set of furniture pair of chairs and table 1930's
Modernist wooden garden set of furniture pair of chairs and table 1930's

Modernist wooden garden set of furniture pair of chairs and table 1930's

Located in Forest, BE

Artists attempted to depart from traditional forms of art, which they considered outdated or obsolete. The poet Ezra Pound's 1934 injunction to "Make it New" was the touchstone of th...

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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Composition IV, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract
Composition IV, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract

Composition IV, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in London, GB

Note: The Cantos are a collection of epic poems spanning 40 years of writing by one of America’s most controversial poets, Ezra Pound. The most studied and well-known section is the ...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Composition I, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract
Composition I, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract

Composition I, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in London, GB

Note: The Cantos are a collection of epic poems spanning 40 years of writing by one of America’s most controversial poets, Ezra Pound. The most studied and well-known section is the ...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

UNTITLED
UNTITLED

Giuseppe SantomasoUNTITLED, 1952

$875

H 30 in W 24 in D 2 in

UNTITLED

By Giuseppe Santomaso

Located in Portland, ME

He contributed lithographs to On Angle, a book of Ezra Pound's poetry published in 1971. His work appeared in the International Engraving Biennial in Cracow in 1972 and 1978.

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1950s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Canto Pisan, 1972
Canto Pisan, 1972

Zao Wou-KiCanto Pisan, 1972, 1972

$52,700

H 16.03 in W 10.08 in

Canto Pisan, 1972

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in London, GB

Note: The Cantos are a collection of epic poems spanning 40 years of writing by one of America’s most controversial poets, Ezra Pound. The most studied and well-known section is the ...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

" Luna dietro alle nuvole" cm. 37 x 26  1940 ca
" Luna dietro alle nuvole" cm. 37 x 26  1940 ca

" Luna dietro alle nuvole" cm. 37 x 26 1940 ca

Located in Torino, IT

Nello stesso anno con il fratello Ruggero cura la stesura di un documento di architettura funzionale “Brevetto per Casolaria – Le case in serie”. Inoltre discute con Ezra Pound della...

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1940s Symbolist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Tramp, Watercolour and Pencil Painting by William Roberts, 1945 circa
The Tramp, Watercolour and Pencil Painting by William Roberts, 1945 circa

The Tramp, Watercolour and Pencil Painting by William Roberts, 1945 circa

By William Roberts

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Tensions in the group drew him to Percy Wyndham Lewis instead, who was developing a style of geometric abstraction which was intended to be a British take on Futurism, named 'Vortici...

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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Richard Pettibone - The Appropriation Warhol, Stella Lichtenstein, Unique Signed
Richard Pettibone - The Appropriation Warhol, Stella Lichtenstein, Unique Signed

Richard Pettibone - The Appropriation Warhol, Stella Lichtenstein, Unique Signed

By Richard Pettibone

Located in New York, NY

In more recent years, Pettibone has created paintings based on the covers of poetry books by Ezra Pound, as well as sculptures drawn from the grid compositions of Piet Mondrian (Dutc...

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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Masonite, Pencil, Screen

Double Flapman

Ernest TrovaDouble Flapman, 1983

$55,000

H 28.25 in W 10 in D 6.5 in

Double Flapman

By Ernest Trova

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Trova craved the recognition that was available to artists only in New York City, but he never visited for more than a week at a time and made almost no friends among New York artist...

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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Double Walking Figure

Ernest TrovaDouble Walking Figure, 1986

$25,000

H 13 in W 15.5 in D 3 in

Double Walking Figure

By Ernest Trova

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Trova craved the recognition that was available to artists only in New York City, but he never visited for more than a week at a time and made almost no friends among New York artist...

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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Italian Pop Art Mixed Media Surrealist Painting Collage Gouache Emilio Tadini
Italian Pop Art Mixed Media Surrealist Painting Collage Gouache Emilio Tadini

Italian Pop Art Mixed Media Surrealist Painting Collage Gouache Emilio Tadini

By Emilio Tadini

Located in Surfside, FL

He also translated important works of the twentieth century such as Stendhal, Ezra Pound, Eliot, Céline, William Faulkner for publishers such as Einaudi and many others.

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20th Century Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed
Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed

Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed

By Robert Natkin

Located in New York, NY

Natkin embarked on his next thematic group, the Field Mouse series, in 1968. Based on Ezra Pound’s translation of a Chinese poem which dealt with the fleeting passage of time, the Fi...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Abstract Expressionist monotype (unique), signed and inscribed with heart Framed
Abstract Expressionist monotype (unique), signed and inscribed with heart Framed

Abstract Expressionist monotype (unique), signed and inscribed with heart Framed

By Robert Natkin

Located in New York, NY

Natkin embarked on his next thematic group, the Field Mouse series, in 1968. Based on Ezra Pound’s translation of a Chinese poem which dealt with the fleeting passage of time, the Fi...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monotype

North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)
North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)

North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)

By De Hirsch Margules

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times.

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1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)
Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)

By De Hirsch Margules

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times.

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1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

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Ezra Pound II
Ezra Pound II

Ronald Brooks KitajEzra Pound II, 1971

Unavailable

H 38.5 in W 29.5 in

Ezra Pound II

By Ronald Brooks Kitaj

Located in New York, NY

Abstract male figure on silkscreen R.B. Kitaj was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932, and as a child attended art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Following his studies at Coo...

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1970s Figurative Prints

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Screen

I Stood Still Amongst the Wood and Became a Tree - Ezra Pound, Ted Fullerton

I Stood Still Amongst the Wood and Became a Tree - Ezra Pound, Ted Fullerton

By Ted Fullerton

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Fullerton's painted works on canvas and panel demonstrate an energetic painting style marked by textural surfaces and high colour contrasts. Sculptural work--made up of wood and bron...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Heinz Henghes - Nude Etching - Numbered 6/10 - Signed and Dated 1970
Heinz Henghes - Nude Etching - Numbered 6/10 - Signed and Dated 1970

Heinz Henghes - Nude Etching - Numbered 6/10 - Signed and Dated 1970

Located in Pewsey, GB

When in Italy for a time Henghes enjoyed the patronage of Ezra Pound. Pound was also patron to other Artists including Gaudia Brezka.

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Vintage 1970s British Modern Prints

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Paper

Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and Company

Shakespeare and Company

Unavailable

H 19.69 in W 15.36 in D 0.04 in

Shakespeare and Company

By Cynthia Bevan

Located in Mareil-Marly, Yvelines

Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Ezra Pound and James Baldwin, among others. “I created this bookstore like a man would write a novel, building ea...

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2010s French Organic Modern Prints

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Paper

Stone Portrait of Ezra Pound, by Francesco La Monaca
Stone Portrait of Ezra Pound, by Francesco La Monaca

Stone Portrait of Ezra Pound, by Francesco La Monaca

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H 24.41 in W 11.82 in D 9.85 in

Stone Portrait of Ezra Pound, by Francesco La Monaca

By Francesco La Monaca

Located in Roma, IT

Stone portrait of Ezra Pound, signed bottom left on basis La Monaca.

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20th Century Italian Busts

Materials

Stone

Canto Pisan (planche 8)

Canto Pisan (planche 8)

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Paris, FR

(image) From the book "Canto Pisan" by Ezra Pound This etching and aquatint is one of eight illustrating Ezra Pound's text in the book of the same name.

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Canto Pisan (Planche 7)
Canto Pisan (Planche 7)

Canto Pisan (Planche 7)

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Paris, FR

(image) Arches paper From the book “Canto Pisan” by Ezra Pound A beautiful horizontal etching by the Franco-Chinese artist, who transposes his technique and energy to convey the es...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled Sheet 5 from "Canto Pisan" by Zao Wou-Ki, Abstract, Lilac, Black, Green

Untitled Sheet 5 from "Canto Pisan" by Zao Wou-Ki, Abstract, Lilac, Black, Green

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Köln, DE

Aquatint in colours by Wou-Ki Zao Untitled Sheet 5 from "Canto Pisan" (portfolio with poems by Ezra Pound), 1972 50,5 x 33 cm Copy 52/150 Edition of 254 Zao Wou-Ki (Peking 1921 ...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Untitled Sheet 7 from "Canto Pisan" by Zao Wou-Ki, Abstract Print, Lilac, Green

Untitled Sheet 7 from "Canto Pisan" by Zao Wou-Ki, Abstract Print, Lilac, Green

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Köln, DE

Aquatint in colours by Zao Wou-Ki Untitled Sheet 7 from "Canto Pisan" (portfolio with poems by Ezra Pound), 1972 50,5 x 33 cm Copy 52/150 Edition of 254 Zao Wou-Ki (Peking 1921 –...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Untitled Sheet 2 from "Canto Pisan" by Zao Wou-Ki, Orange, Abstract, Black, Green

Untitled Sheet 2 from "Canto Pisan" by Zao Wou-Ki, Orange, Abstract, Black, Green

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Köln, DE

Aquatint in colours by Zao Wou-Ki No Title Sheet 2 from "Canto Pisan" (portfolio with poems by Ezra Pound), 1972 50,5 x 33 cm Copy 52/150 Edition of 254 Zao Wou-Ki (Peking 1921 –...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Bill Brandt: Portraits, 1st Edition, Gordon Fraser, London, 1982
Bill Brandt: Portraits, 1st Edition, Gordon Fraser, London, 1982

Bill Brandt: Portraits, 1st Edition, Gordon Fraser, London, 1982

By Bill Brandt

Located in CA, CA

A definitive collection of half a century's work, delivering astonishment, instruction and pleasure with over 100 portraits ranging from Ezra Pound in 1928 through a range of actors,...

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Vintage 1980s British Books

Materials

Paper

Canto Pisan

Zao Wou-KiCanto Pisan, 1972

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H 19.89 in W 13 in

Canto Pisan

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Paris, FR

(image) This etching and aquatint is one of eight illustrating Ezra Pound's text in the book of the same name. Here, the French-Chinese master of non-figurative art illuminates the p...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

T. S. ELIOT:  Poems, 1909 – 1925 (First Edition, First Impression)
T. S. ELIOT:  Poems, 1909 – 1925 (First Edition, First Impression)

T. S. ELIOT: Poems, 1909 – 1925 (First Edition, First Impression)

Located in Middletown, NY

The dedication to "The Waste Land" ['For Ezra Pound, il miglior fabbro'] (which appears as an autograph inscription in the copy of the first edition given by T.S.

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Mid-20th Century English Books

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Paper

Canto Pisan (Plate 5)

Zao Wou-KiCanto Pisan (Plate 5), 1972

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H 20.48 in W 13.39 in

Canto Pisan (Plate 5)

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Paris, FR

(image) Edition on Arches paper of 150 copies A beautiful horizontal format engraving by the Franco-Chinese artist who here transposes his technique and energy in order to transcrib...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Original Oil on Canvas by d'Arcy Hayman (1924-1994)
Original Oil on Canvas by d'Arcy Hayman (1924-1994)

Original Oil on Canvas by d'Arcy Hayman (1924-1994)

By D'Arcy Hayman

Located in Palm Desert, CA

She also had the opportunity to meet such illustrious personages as Eleanor Roosevelt and Ezra Pound. Among her theories is the concept that the cultural environment to which the art...

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Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Robert Natkin Untitled Limited Edition Signed Abstract Print
Robert Natkin Untitled Limited Edition Signed Abstract Print

Robert Natkin Untitled Limited Edition Signed Abstract Print

By Robert Natkin

Located in San Rafael, CA

The Field Mouse series title refers to an Ezra Pound translation of a Chinese poem. Pound writes: And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough, And life goes b...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition V, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract
Composition V, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract

Composition V, from: Canto Pisan - Chinese French Canto Literature Abstract

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in London, GB

Note: The Cantos are a collection of epic poems spanning 40 years of writing by one of America’s most controversial poets, Ezra Pound. The most studied and well-known section is the ...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Mrs Dick Guiness
Mrs Dick Guiness

Percy Wyndham LewisMrs Dick Guiness, 1923

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H 14.5 in W 16.75 in D 1 in

Mrs Dick Guiness

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

After a gap in his painting in the late 1920s and early 1930s he would later become well known for his portraits of Edith Sitwell, T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. There is no doubt he was...

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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of Ezra Pound - Vintage B/W photo - 1970s

Portrait of Ezra Pound - Vintage B/W photo - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Ezra Pound is a photo realized by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1971 in Venice.

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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Robert Frost - Original Vintage Photograph - 1962
Robert Frost - Original Vintage Photograph - 1962

Robert Frost - Original Vintage Photograph - 1962

Located in Roma, IT

Favorite Kennedy’s poet and close friend of Ezra Pound, Robert Frost was the most renowned and awarded poet (4 Pulitzer Awards for Poetry) during the 20s in the United States.

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1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Reading Cy Twombly Poetry in Paint by Mary Jacobus, 1st Ed
Reading Cy Twombly Poetry in Paint by Mary Jacobus, 1st Ed

Reading Cy Twombly Poetry in Paint by Mary Jacobus, 1st Ed

Located in valatie, NY

Among much else, she explores the influence of Ezra Pound and Charles Olson; Twombly's fondness for Greek pastoral poetry and Virgil's Eclogues; the inspiration of the Iliad and Ovid...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

Imaginary Letters by Mary Butts with illustrations by Jean Cocteau
Imaginary Letters by Mary Butts with illustrations by Jean Cocteau

Imaginary Letters by Mary Butts with illustrations by Jean Cocteau

Located in Middletown, NY

Her career was championed by Ezra Pound, Robert McAlmon, Ford Madox Ford, Charles Williams, and May Sinclair.

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Early 20th Century French Books

Materials

Paper, Fabric

Epitaph for Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Epitaph for Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Epitaph for Karl Amadeus Hartmann

By Giuseppe Santomaso

Located in Kansas City, MO

He contributed lithographs to On Angle, a book of Ezra Pound’s poetry published in 1971. His work appeared in the International Engraving Biennial in Cracow in 1972 and 1978.

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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Portraits (Signed by Avedon)
Portraits (Signed by Avedon)

Portraits (Signed by Avedon)

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H 12 in W 9 in D 0.75 in

Portraits (Signed by Avedon)

By Richard Avedon

Located in New York, NY

Subjects include Alberto Giacometti, Marcel Duchamp, Marianne Moore, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ezra Pound, Marilyn Monroe, the Everly Brothers, Daughter...

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Pop Art Lithograph “Falling man”, study 1 by Ernest Trova
Pop Art Lithograph “Falling man”, study 1 by Ernest Trova

Pop Art Lithograph “Falling man”, study 1 by Ernest Trova

By Ernest Trova

Located in Pasadena, CA

Trova continued his ad hoc art education, seeking out painter Willem de Kooning and poet Ezra Pound, whose dual influences heavily impacted the young artist’s developing practice and...

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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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