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“Plein-Aire Painter”
Located in Southampton, NY
, Franklin Library, The Smithsonian, et al. He was a director of the Pastel Society of America and elected
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

"Geostructure II" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
By Franklin Jonas
Located in Detroit, MI
extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas's painting philosophy. He has said: "Geometry is capable of expressing
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Linen

"Geostructure VI" Abstract, Graphic, Colors, Geometric, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
By Franklin Jonas
Located in Detroit, MI
extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas's painting philosophy. He has said: "Geometry is capable of expressing
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

"Geostructure IX" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
By Franklin Jonas
Located in Detroit, MI
extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas's painting philosophy. He has said: "Geometry is capable of expressing
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

"Geostructure X" Abstract, Colors, Geometric, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
By Franklin Jonas
Located in Detroit, MI
extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas's painting philosophy. He has said: "Geometry is capable of expressing
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

"Geostructure XII Abstract, Colors, Geometric, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
By Franklin Jonas
Located in Detroit, MI
extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas's painting philosophy. He has said: "Geometry is capable of expressing
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Linen

The harbor
Located in San Francisco, CA
, Readers Digest, Country Life • Children's Books - Franklin Library: "Hans Christian Anderson" 1978, "The
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The harbor
The harbor
H 31 in W 43 in D 1.75 in
"Portrait of Young Woman, " Masterpiece by John Gregory, Folger Library Sculptor
By John Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. -- for Paul Philippe Cret, who was the Library's architect. Clearly
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Antique Print of a Quaker Man and Woman Near the Library Company of Philadelphia
Located in Langweer, NL
Quaker man outside and a Quaker woman and man within a fence in front of the subscription library
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Untitled, 2021, Peter Evans
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
) Tate Library and Archive, Millbank, London, UK Franklin Furnace Artists’ Book Collection Incipio
Category

2010s British Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled, 2021, Peter Evans
Untitled, 2021, Peter Evans
H 59.06 in W 94.49 in D 1.97 in
The Cream Always Rises to the Top, 2021, Peter Evans
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
Collections (Private collections not listed) Tate Library and Archive, Millbank, London, UK Franklin Furnace
Category

2010s British Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Salt of the Earth, 2021, Peter Evans
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
(Private collections not listed) Tate Library and Archive, Millbank, London, UK Franklin Furnace Artists
Category

2010s British Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Salt of the Earth, 2021, Peter Evans
Salt of the Earth, 2021, Peter Evans
H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 1.97 in
'Delaware River Bridge' — 1920s Realism
By Anton Schutz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
(403 x 311 mm). ABOUT THIS IMAGE The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River
Category

1920s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Samuel J. Woolf Antique Litho: First Aid Station at Seicheprey
Located in Larchmont, NY
lithographic portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during World War Two. In 1906, Woolf painted a
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nashville at Sunrise
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young
Category

1920s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Leonard Baskin Woodblock Broadside Print Woodcut Vintage Poster in Red and Black
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Colossus and Other Poems (1960). The Funeral Contege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

1940s Nigerian Carved Mahogany End Tables With Elephant Bases - a Pair.
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Eleanor Roosevelt's New York apartment. The second is the same table at the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Category

Vintage 1940s Nigerian Tribal End Tables

Materials

Wood

Leonard Baskin Woodblock Broadside Print Woodcut Vintage Poster in Red and Black
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Colossus and Other Poems (1960). The Funeral Contege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

PITCHING HAY - Created for the WPA / Federal Arts Project - (FAP)
By John Turner (b.1916)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum contains 3 Turner WPA prints but not Pitching Hay. The
Category

1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Chris Ware New Yorker Cartoonist Limited Edition Thanksgiving Print NYC
By Chris Ware
Located in Surfside, FL
is not included in this sale. Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967), is an
Category

Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Color

Chris Ware New Yorker Cartoonist Limited Edition Thanksgiving Print NYC
By Chris Ware
Located in Surfside, FL
is not included in this sale. Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967), is an
Category

Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Color

Chris Ware New Yorker Cartoonist Limited Edition Thanksgiving Print NYC
By Chris Ware
Located in Surfside, FL
is not included in this sale. Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967), is an
Category

Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Color

Rare Leonard Baskin Watercolor Illustration "Five Scrolls" Judaica Hebrew
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
(1960). The Funeral Contege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. His
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Roadside, Collonges-La Rouge
By John DePol
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
beautifully composed and technically precise work in wood engraving. He is illustrator of the Franklin
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Domjulien, Haute Vosges, France
By John DePol
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the Franklin keepsakes, honored by the New York Printer’s Wall of Fame, a member of the National
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Endless Day
By John DePol
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
composed and technically precise work in wood engraving. He is illustrator of the Franklin keepsakes
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Endless Day
Endless Day
H 5.88 in W 3.94 in D 0.01 in
Reflections
By John DePol
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
precise work in wood engraving. He is illustrator of the Franklin keepsakes, honored by the New York
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Reflections
Reflections
H 6.13 in W 4.5 in
Magic Hour, Autumn
By John DePol
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
composed and technically precise work in wood engraving. He is illustrator of the Franklin keepsakes
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Black Labrador. Original Dog Oil Painting Portrait . John Trickett. Framed.
By John Trickett
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Franklin Mint of America has published several of his paintings on limited edition plates. Trickett was
Category

Late 20th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

70's Large Colorful Abstract Expressionist Art Protis Tapestry Wool Wall Hanging
By Robert Freimark
Located in Surfside, FL
Association, Japan Library of Congress, Washington, DC Los Angeles County Art Institute, CA Museo de Arte
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Wool

Rare Leonard Baskin Watercolor Seasons Song: Deer Illus. Ted Hughes Poem
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. His public commissions include a bas relief for the
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

In this Society Children See Adults Smiling While Missing That Spiritual Eye
By Lonnie Holley
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC Supported by the Power, John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University, Durham
Category

1980s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, House Paint

Untitled Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
- Curated by Ryan Schneider The Paint Box Gallery, Bedford Hills, NY Selected Works Library Gallery
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Storms (At Sea)
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Leonard Baskin Watercolor Ink Illustration Painting Darkened Man, Nude with Bird
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Contege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. His public commissions include
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor

Dusk from the Tomb of Lorenzo di Piero de'Medici - Original Ink Drawing
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
EXHIBITIONS 2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN Feb
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen, Paper

Post Soviet Nonconformist Avant Garde Russian Israeli Woodcut Woodblock Print
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, 1960-1982", Franklin Furance Gallery, New York; Chapaque Library Gallery, Washington, D.C
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Spring in Brown County
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Brittany Landscape with Figure
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Sunbathing
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith
Category

1910s American Impressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Sunbathing
Sunbathing
H 11.75 in W 15.88 in
James McBey /// Gerald Leslie Brockhust British Modern Portrait Etching Face Art
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
to sit for a portrait (Albert H. Wiggin Collection, Boston Public Library). The Scottish-born McBey
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Intaglio, Etching

Standing Lincoln: The Man, Lincoln Park, Illinois
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh
Category

1890s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Noon Time Lull
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young
Category

1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C.
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Aquatint

A Bit of New England
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Coast Landscape Marine Painting, Watercolor Painting Rocks, Waves
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
contact us for a quote. About the artist: Born in Franklin, Massachusetts, Charles Partridge Adams moved
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
Columbia University, he visited Lancaster to address a student assembly at Franklin and Marshall College
Category

Early 20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
Columbia University, he visited Lancaster to address a student assembly at Franklin and Marshall College
Category

Early 20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

The Belltower of Piza, a Pleine Aire Study in Pen and Chalk, Matted and Framed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN Feb. 5 – Feb. 21 2012 Dramatis
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pen

Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
address a student assembly at Franklin and Marshall College. After his address was over, the then Gen
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Blackwell's Island (Roosevelt Island, New York City), " George Picken, WPA Scene
By George Picken
Located in New York, NY
published in the New Masses, a significant left-wing publication. The New York Public Library honored him
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Descent
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
EXHIBITIONS 2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN Feb
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Charcoal, Archival Paper

David & Goliath - Caravaggio Inspired Monumental Double Self-Portrait, Charcoal
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
EXHIBITIONS 2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN Feb
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Charcoal, Archival Paper

The Reclamation - Large Scale Charcoal Drawing
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
EXHIBITIONS 2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN Feb
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Charcoal, Archival Paper

Flayed Wax-Cast Figure - Original Ink Drawing, Matted and Signed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
EXHIBITIONS 2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN Feb
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Paper, Pen

Large Post Soviet Non Conformist Russian Israeli Angel Lithograph Print
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Theatre (cat.) "Russian Samyzhdat Art, 1960-1982", Franklin Furance Gallery, New York; Chapaque Library
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Large Post Soviet Non Conformist Russian Israeli Volcano Lithograph Silkscreen
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Theatre (cat.) "Russian Samyzhdat Art, 1960-1982", Franklin Furance Gallery, New York; Chapaque Library
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Large Post Soviet Non Conformist Russian Israeli Animal Beast Lithograph Print
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Theatre (cat.) "Russian Samyzhdat Art, 1960-1982", Franklin Furance Gallery, New York; Chapaque Library
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Large Post Soviet Non Conformist Russian Israeli Volcano Lithograph Silkscreen
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Theatre (cat.) "Russian Samyzhdat Art, 1960-1982", Franklin Furance Gallery, New York; Chapaque Library
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Large Post Soviet Non Conformist Russian Israeli Unicorn Silkscreen Print
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Theatre (cat.) "Russian Samyzhdat Art, 1960-1982", Franklin Furance Gallery, New York; Chapaque Library
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

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Franklin Library For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate franklin library for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the contemporary style, while we also have 30 contemporary versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a franklin library from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a franklin library to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, brown, black, orange and more. There have been many interesting franklin library examples over the years, but those made by Michail Grobman, Dan Rupe, Charles Partridge Adams, Steven Stroud and Christopher Ganz are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and watercolour.

How Much is a Franklin Library?

The price for a franklin library in our collection starts at $95 and tops out at $62,611 with the average selling for $1,500.