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Don Nice Art

American, 1932-2019
Don Nice is a classic figure in American art of the past half-century. He burst upon the scene in the early 1960’s when the Whitney Museum of American Art acquired his “American Series #5” and he was recognized as one of the innovative group of “new perceptual realists” who wanted to put content back into painting. Nice integrates a gestured technique gleaned from earlier expressionist and Abstract Expressionist painters with a realist focus and energy derived from Pop Art. Combining a naturalist’s interest in observation with an artist’s compulsion for artistic vision, Nice embraces aspects of popular culture and certain critical issues of our time. He paints classic American products like sneakers, candy wrappers and soda bottles with the same intensity he lavishes on quintessential site-specific landscapes from the Hudson River Valley to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In doing so he has created a distinctive vision of civilization’s detritus in league with cultural concerns for the environment. Born in California, he studied art in Europe and earned an MFA at Yale, and then established himself in New York City before acquiring a house and studio overlooking the Hudson River in bucolic Garrison. There he has reveled in the painterly gesture and provocative realism for which he is known. He has conjured and created a singular pursuit of new formal ideas and formats in which he visualizes the complicated and often organic interplay between process and product, between that which is common and that which is classic. Over the past 50 years Nice’s work has entered many major public collections world wide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, the Walker Art Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada and the National Museum of Art in Australia. Nice has had over 60 solo exhibitions in the United States and abroad. And has been included in more than 140 group exhibitions in prominent galleries and museums globally. Nice’s work has been a subject of 4 major publications, including a monograph of the Artist’s life and work, published by Pomegranate Books. In 2018 he was the recipient of The Lee Krasner Award in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement for his distinguished career.  Though out Nice’s carrier he had a deeply held concern for the environment and collaborated with environmental advocate organizations such as Nation Resource Defense Council, Open Space Institute and the Hudson Highland land Trust to name a few.
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Artist: Don Nice
New York, New York, vintage 1980s poster (hand signed and inscribed by Don Nice)
By Don Nice
Located in New York, NY
Don Nice New York, New York (hand signed and inscribed by Don Nice), 1984 Rare offset lithograph poster (signed and inscribed from Don Nice to Dick Polich) Signed and inscribed in gr...
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1980s Pop Art Don Nice Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Bear with Predella, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Don Nice
By Don Nice
Located in Southampton, NY
Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on vélin d’Arches Satine paper. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. Publi...
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1970s Pop Art Don Nice Art

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Printer's Ink

Bear with Predella, Rubber Stamp Print on Arches Satine with Envelope Ed of 1000
By Don Nice
Located in New York, NY
Bear with Predella (from Rubber Stamp Portfolio), 1976 Rubber Stamp Print on Arches Satine with Envelope 8 × 8 inches Edition of 1000 Unframed -...
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1970s Contemporary Don Nice Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset, Other Medium

Mozart Predella, Large Pop Art Screenprint by Don Nice
By Don Nice
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Don Nice, American (1932 - ) Title: Mozart Predella Year: 1978 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 7/19 Size: 33 x 72 in. (83.82 x 182.88 cm)
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1970s Pop Art Don Nice Art

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Screen

Censorship, Framed Pop Art Lithograph by Don Nice
By Don Nice
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Don Nice, American (1932 - ) Title: Censorship Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 144 Size: 12 in. x 38 in. (30.48 cm x 96.52 cm) Frame Si...
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1970s American Modern Don Nice Art

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Lithograph

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Find a wide variety of authentic Don Nice art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Don Nice in lithograph, offset print, screen print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Pop Art style. Not every interior allows for large Don Nice art, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bob Stanley, Giovanni Pintori, and Frank Kleinholz. Don Nice art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $500 and tops out at $4,500, while the average work can sell for $1,013.
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