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Mel Ramos - Caramia Caramello, 2008, Lithograph, Pop Art, Nude, Signed Print
Mel Ramos - Caramia Caramello, 2008, Lithograph, Pop Art, Nude, Signed Print

Mel Ramos - Caramia Caramello, 2008, Lithograph, Pop Art, Nude, Signed Print

By Mel Ramos

Located in Hamburg, DE

In a highly condensed form they embodied the Playboy ethos: the smartly produced blend of intellectual sophistication, discerning consumerism and fun-loving hedonism.” - Ken Johnson,...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mel Ramos, Toblerone Tess - Lithograph, 2007, Pop Art, Nude, Signed Print

Mel Ramos, Toblerone Tess - Lithograph, 2007, Pop Art, Nude, Signed Print

By Mel Ramos

Located in Hamburg, DE

In a highly condensed form they embodied the Playboy ethos: the smartly produced blend of intellectual sophistication, discerning consumerism and fun-loving hedonism.” - Ken Johnson,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mel Ramos, Coca-Lola - Signed Print, Nude, Pop Art
Mel Ramos, Coca-Lola - Signed Print, Nude, Pop Art

Mel Ramos, Coca-Lola - Signed Print, Nude, Pop Art

By Mel Ramos

Located in Hamburg, DE

In a highly condensed form they embodied the Playboy ethos: the smartly produced blend of intellectual sophistication, discerning consumerism and fun-loving hedonism.” - Ken Johnson,...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Emily Feinstein, Barge, 2015, Wood, Paint
Emily Feinstein, Barge, 2015, Wood, Paint

Emily Feinstein, Barge, 2015, Wood, Paint

By Emily Feinstein

Located in Darien, CT

Reviews of her work have been featured in the New York Times by Roberta Smith, Ken Johnson, and Grace Gleuck.

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Emily Feinstein, Play, 2015, Wood, Paint
Emily Feinstein, Play, 2015, Wood, Paint

Emily Feinstein, Play, 2015, Wood, Paint

By Emily Feinstein

Located in Darien, CT

Reviews of her work have been featured in the New York Times by Roberta Smith, Ken Johnson, and Grace Gleuck.

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Truck Traffic Woodcut Print, Abstract Expressionist, Signed, 1990s
Truck Traffic Woodcut Print, Abstract Expressionist, Signed, 1990s

Truck Traffic Woodcut Print, Abstract Expressionist, Signed, 1990s

By David Kapp

Located in New Orleans, LA

His paintings have been described by Ken Johnson in the New York Times as having "a dreamy, mildly hallucinatory air and a mood of Hopperesque melancholy," reflecting the harsh kinet...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Laddie John Dill 'B. 1943' Untitled Large Scale Diptych, Dtd, 1995
Laddie John Dill 'B. 1943' Untitled Large Scale Diptych, Dtd, 1995

Laddie John Dill 'B. 1943' Untitled Large Scale Diptych, Dtd, 1995

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Dallas, TX

Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated: “At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing elect...

Category

20th Century American Organic Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Cement

Laddie John Dill, B. 1943, Abstract Mixed Media, Dtd, 1981
Laddie John Dill, B. 1943, Abstract Mixed Media, Dtd, 1981

Laddie John Dill, B. 1943, Abstract Mixed Media, Dtd, 1981

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Dallas, TX

Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated: “At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electri...

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Cement

Laddie John Dill 'B. 1943' Volcanic Portal, Dtd, 1999
Laddie John Dill 'B. 1943' Volcanic Portal, Dtd, 1999

Laddie John Dill 'B. 1943' Volcanic Portal, Dtd, 1999

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Dallas, TX

Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated: “At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electri...

Category

20th Century American Organic Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Cement

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated: “At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electric...

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated: “At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electric...

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated: “At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electric...

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Laddie John Dill, Robert Rauschenberg protege signed mixed media painting Unique
Laddie John Dill, Robert Rauschenberg protege signed mixed media painting Unique

Laddie John Dill, Robert Rauschenberg protege signed mixed media painting Unique

By Laddie John Dill

Located in New York, NY

Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated: “At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electri...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Laddie John Dill 'Cement Glass Oxide' Sculptural Coffee Table, c 1980
Laddie John Dill 'Cement Glass Oxide' Sculptural Coffee Table, c 1980

Laddie John Dill 'Cement Glass Oxide' Sculptural Coffee Table, c 1980

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated: “At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electri...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Cement

Matthias Alfen German Sculptor Modern Expressionist Painting Psychogram
Matthias Alfen German Sculptor Modern Expressionist Painting Psychogram

Matthias Alfen German Sculptor Modern Expressionist Painting Psychogram

By Matthias Alfen

Located in Surfside, FL

In 2003 Alfen was included in an art show at the Garth Clark Gallery on 57th Street and was reviewed as follows by Ken Johnson in the New York Times. “Matthias Alfen makes finely mod...

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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

The Dream
The Dream

Will BarnetThe Dream, 2002

Price Upon Request

The Dream

By Will Barnet

Located in Missouri, MO

Will Barnet "The Dream" 2002 Color Lithograph on Somerset Velvet White Paper Signed and Titled Ed. 250 Will Barnet, Visionary Artist, Dies at 101 By KEN JOHNSON Published: November ...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

South Hampton 8:45 PM Oil Painting, Abstract Style, Signed, 28x40 in
South Hampton 8:45 PM Oil Painting, Abstract Style, Signed, 28x40 in

South Hampton 8:45 PM Oil Painting, Abstract Style, Signed, 28x40 in

By Cleve Gray

Located in Fairlawn, OH

NY Times Cleve Gray Obit: Large Abstract Works, Dies By Ken Johnson Dec. 10, 2004 Cleve Gray, a painter admired for his large-scale, vividly colorful and lyrically gestural abstract...

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1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sweet Gum (Contemporary Still Life, Graphic Hand-Painted Leaf on Paper)
Sweet Gum (Contemporary Still Life, Graphic Hand-Painted Leaf on Paper)

Sweet Gum (Contemporary Still Life, Graphic Hand-Painted Leaf on Paper)

By Joy Taylor

Located in Hudson, NY

Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington 1996 The New York State Biennial. Ken Johnson, curator. NY State Museum, Albany, New York In This Time and Place.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Large Abstract Color Aquatint Etching Jazz Mary Heilmann American Modernist Art
Large Abstract Color Aquatint Etching Jazz Mary Heilmann American Modernist Art

Large Abstract Color Aquatint Etching Jazz Mary Heilmann American Modernist Art

By Mary Heilmann

Located in Surfside, FL

Writing in the New York Times the art critic Ken Johnson concluded that: “A part of Ms. Heilmann rebels against the elevation of fine art over the applied arts and resists the separa...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Daniel Douke (American, b. 1943) Romeo & Juliet Cigar Box Acrylic Painting C.
Daniel Douke (American, b. 1943) Romeo & Juliet Cigar Box Acrylic Painting C.

Daniel Douke (American, b. 1943) Romeo & Juliet Cigar Box Acrylic Painting C.

By Daniel Douke

Located in Long Island City, NY

New York Times, “Unwrapping the Secrets Of Ordinary Objects”, Ken Johnson, May 17, 2008, p.B11. San Gabriel Valley Newspapers, “Is It Real, Art Or Both?

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20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Landscape of Reflection Study
Landscape of Reflection Study

Landscape of Reflection Study

Located in San Francisco, CA

“Current,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, March 26, 1986 Johnson, Ken. “Pattern,” The New York Times, July 16, 1999 Koplos, Janet.

Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Recent Sales

Christoph Ruckhaberle, Untitled, 2007, Lithograph, 25 x 17 inches, Ed of 20

Christoph Ruckhaberle, Untitled, 2007, Lithograph, 25 x 17 inches, Ed of 20

By Christoph Ruckhaberle

Located in New York, NY

The New York Times called the artist's New York debut as “refreshingly unlike the usual painterly fare in Chelsea,” (Ken Johnson, 2004), later noted he "seems to approach painting as...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Christoph Ruckhäberle Untitled, 2007 Edition 6 of 20, Lithograph, 15 x 10 inches

Christoph Ruckhäberle Untitled, 2007 Edition 6 of 20, Lithograph, 15 x 10 inches

By Christoph Ruckhaberle

Located in New York, NY

The New York Times called the artist's New York debut as “refreshingly unlike the usual painterly fare in Chelsea,” (Ken Johnson, 2004), later noted he "seems to approach painting as...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Archival Paper

Christoph Ruckhäberle, Untitled, 2008, Edition of 20, Lithograph, 25 x 17 in

Christoph Ruckhäberle, Untitled, 2008, Edition of 20, Lithograph, 25 x 17 in

By Christoph Ruckhaberle

Located in New York, NY

The New York Times called the artist's New York debut as “refreshingly unlike the usual painterly fare in Chelsea,” (Ken Johnson, 2004), later noted he "seems to approach painting as...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Christoph Ruckhäberle Untitled, 2008, Edition 14 of 20, Lithograph, 25 x 17 in

Christoph Ruckhäberle Untitled, 2008, Edition 14 of 20, Lithograph, 25 x 17 in

By Christoph Ruckhaberle

Located in New York, NY

The New York Times called the artist's New York debut as “refreshingly unlike the usual painterly fare in Chelsea,” (Ken Johnson, 2004), later noted he "seems to approach painting as...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Archival Paper

Christoph Ruckhäberle Untitled, 2008 Edition of 20, Lithograph, 21 x 24 in

Christoph Ruckhäberle Untitled, 2008 Edition of 20, Lithograph, 21 x 24 in

By Christoph Ruckhaberle

Located in New York, NY

The New York Times called the artist's New York debut as “refreshingly unlike the usual painterly fare in Chelsea,” (Ken Johnson, 2004), later noted he "seems to approach painting as...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Archival Paper

Christoph Ruckhäberle, Untitled, 2006, EA 1 of 2, Lithograph, 10 x 15 inches

Christoph Ruckhäberle, Untitled, 2006, EA 1 of 2, Lithograph, 10 x 15 inches

By Christoph Ruckhaberle

Located in New York, NY

The New York Times called the artist's New York debut as “refreshingly unlike the usual painterly fare in Chelsea,” (Ken Johnson, 2004), later noted he "seems to approach painting as...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Archival Paper

Hoping to Hope
Hoping to Hope

Lizbeth MittyHoping to Hope, 2017

Unavailable

H 60 in W 30 in D 1 in

Hoping to Hope

By Lizbeth Mitty

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mitty's work — described by New York Times critic Ken Johnson as a combination of “painterly verve and hellish beauty” — has long been concerned with examining and amplifying the int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Metal

Twinkle Two
Twinkle Two

Lizbeth MittyTwinkle Two, 2017

Unavailable

H 96 in W 66 in D 2 in

Twinkle Two

By Lizbeth Mitty

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mitty's work — described by New York Times critic Ken Johnson as a combination of “painterly verve and hellish beauty” — has long been concerned with examining and amplifying the int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Three
Three

Lizbeth MittyThree, 2018

Unavailable

H 72 in W 36 in D 2 in

Three

By Lizbeth Mitty

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mitty's work — described by New York Times critic Ken Johnson as a combination of “painterly verve and hellish beauty” — has long been concerned with examining and amplifying the int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Nickel Beach
Nickel Beach

Lizbeth MittyNickel Beach, 2017

Unavailable

H 8 in W 10 in D 0.75 in

Nickel Beach

By Lizbeth Mitty

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mitty's work — described by New York Times critic Ken Johnson as a combination of “painterly verve and hellish beauty” — has long been concerned with examining and amplifying the int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Tumble
Tumble

Lizbeth MittyTumble, 2017

Unavailable

H 10 in W 10 in D 0.75 in

Tumble

By Lizbeth Mitty

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mitty's work — described by New York Times critic Ken Johnson as a combination of “painterly verve and hellish beauty” — has long been concerned with examining and amplifying the int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Open Gates
Open Gates

Lizbeth MittyOpen Gates, 2018

Unavailable

H 19.75 in W 15.13 in D 1 in

Open Gates

By Lizbeth Mitty

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mitty's work — described by New York Times critic Ken Johnson as a combination of “painterly verve and hellish beauty” — has long been concerned with examining and amplifying the int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Summersweet
Summersweet

Lizbeth MittySummersweet, 2018

Unavailable

H 19.75 in W 15.13 in D 1 in

Summersweet

By Lizbeth Mitty

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mitty's work — described by New York Times critic Ken Johnson as a combination of “painterly verve and hellish beauty” — has long been concerned with examining and amplifying the int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Leap
Leap

Lizbeth MittyLeap, 2018

Unavailable

H 10 in W 8 in D 0.75 in

Leap

By Lizbeth Mitty

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mitty's work — described by New York Times critic Ken Johnson as a combination of “painterly verve and hellish beauty” — has long been concerned with examining and amplifying the int...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

The Spotlight

David MorenoThe Spotlight, 2001

Unavailable

H 85 in W 62 in

The Spotlight

By David Moreno

Located in New York, NY

David Moreno has been featured in such exhibitions as MoMA PS1's Greater New York 2005, Modern Starts: The Raw and the Cooked (2000) at the Museum of Modern Art, and the survey Revel...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2013

Unavailable

H 13.75 in W 11 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making com...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pencil

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2012

Unavailable

H 13.5 in W 11 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making com...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pencil

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2013

Unavailable

H 11 in W 15 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making com...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Pencil

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2013

Unavailable

H 14 in W 11 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making com...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pencil

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2013

Unavailable

H 14 in W 11 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making com...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pencil

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2013

Unavailable

H 14 in W 11 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making com...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pencil

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2006

Unavailable

H 14 in W 11 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making co...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2007

Unavailable

H 11 in W 17 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making co...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper

Buddies

Jeff LadouceurBuddies, 2013

Unavailable

H 15 in W 11 in

Buddies

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making com...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2006

Unavailable

H 6 in W 8 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making co...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Interior Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Ink, Paper

Untitled

Jeff LadouceurUntitled, 2006

Unavailable

H 8 in W 5.5 in

Untitled

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making co...

Category

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

Materials

Ink, Paper

Netsuke 65

Christoph RuckhaberleNetsuke 65, 2016

Unavailable

H 20.5 in W 28.5 in D 1.5 in

Netsuke 65

By Christoph Ruckhaberle

Located in New York, NY

The artist has been widely acclaimed including several reviews in The New York Times which first described the work as “refreshingly unlike the usual painterly fare in Chelsea,” (Ken...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Moon Valley
Moon Valley

Jeff LadouceurMoon Valley, 2013

Unavailable

H 20 in W 94 in

Moon Valley

By Jeff Ladouceur

Located in New York, NY

I keep mine to myself." The New York Times’ Ken Johnson writes "An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making com...

Category

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

Materials

Acrylic, Ink, Paper, Pencil

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