Letterpress Blocks
Letterpress Wood Block Sculpture
Located in East Hampton, NY
Antique letterpress printers wood block sculpture.
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Industrial Faux Letterpress "AlphaSculpt" Sculpture by Sheldon Rose
Located in East Hampton, NY
Silver painted faux printing block resin lamp with wood base...
"AlphaSculpt" bySheldon Rose New
Category
Vintage 1960s Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
'Les Lettres' Steel and Wood Letterpress Cocktail Table by Raoul W., Signed
By Raoul. W 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
intricate wood letterpress print blocks, signed on the front as can be seen in the photos.
Considered
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
Console with Relief Top of Printing Blocks and Glass op on Black Metal Frame
Located in London, GB
tray with a variety of wooden vintage letterpress printing blocks of letters, numbers and copper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
H 30.71 in W 41.34 in D 15.36 in
Pair of Consoles with Wood Relief Top on Black Metal Frame
Located in London, GB
a variety of wooden vintage letterpress printing blocks of letters, numbers and copper characters
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
Console with Relief Top of Printing Letters and Glass Top on Black Metal Frame
Located in London, GB
of wooden vintage letterpress printing blocks of letters, numbers placed in a contemporary custom
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Console Tables
Materials
Metal
H 30.71 in W 41.34 in D 15.36 in
LETTER PRESSED INK ON PAPER, PANEL VI - Contemporary Abstract - Pink, Blue, Green
By Jessica Gatlin
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
An exercise in language and rule making. Partly intuitive, partly randomized, modular blocks are
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink, Handmade Paper
LETTER PRESSED INK ON PAPER, PANEL V - Geometric Abstraction w/ Earth Tones
By Jessica Gatlin
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
An exercise in language and rule making. Partly intuitive, partly randomized, modular blocks are
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink
LETTER PRESSED INK ON PAPER, PANEL II - Contemporary Abstract - Green & Yellow
By Jessica Gatlin
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
, modular blocks are arranged and rearranged on the letterpress bed. Colors are placed, shifted, or replaced
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Wood Panel
LETTER PRESSED INK ON PAPER, PANEL IV - Contemporary Abstract - White & Blue
By Jessica Gatlin
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
, modular blocks are arranged and rearranged on the letterpress bed. Colors are placed, shifted, or replaced
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Panel
LETTER PRESSED INK ON PAPER, PANEL - Contemporary Abstract - Orange, Blue, Green
By Jessica Gatlin
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
, modular blocks are arranged and rearranged on the letterpress bed. Colors are placed, shifted, or replaced
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Wood Panel
The Snails
By Foolscap Press
Located in Mill Valley, CA
with a cast-paper sculpture. The text is printed letterpress in Koch Antiqua type on Lettra and Zerkall
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
LETTER PRESSED INK ON PAPER, PANEL III - Contemporary Abstract w/ Earth Tones
By Jessica Gatlin
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
, modular blocks are arranged and rearranged on the letterpress bed. Colors are placed, shifted, or replaced
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Wood Panel
1974 David Lance Goines India Ink Gallery Print, Santa Monica Ca
By David Lance Goines
Located in San Carlos, CA
, address altered, Roman numeral II near signature block.
Influence: Joseph Maria Olbrich
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
AJ Masthay - Bertha (Gold Gilded Edition) - Pop Art & Contemporary Prints
By AJ Masthay
Located in Asheville, NC
Released: 04/30/21
Run: 100
Technique: Letterpress
Paper: Arches 88 with 23K Gold Leaf
Size: 13.5 X 21
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Color, Giclée
On the Road (10 sandwiches with bread and salami), SIGNED by Ed Ruscha (Ed. 100)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
), 2010
Letterpress on paper with die-cut photograph tipped in by hand to a blind debossed area of similar
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
The Gravity Series
By Casey Gardner
Located in Mill Valley, CA
its life-giving energy.
Letterpress printed with linoleum blocks and photo-polymer plates.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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21st Century Contemporary Minimal White Velvet Bench With Black Lacquered Base
Located in Porto, PT
Fifih Bench is a luxury bench upholstered in velvet and wood base. A contemporary design bench is perfect for minimalist and modern interior architecture projects.
Materials: Uphols...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Materials
Velvet, Wood, Lacquer, Fabric
H 18.51 in W 63 in D 19.69 in
Fabric Pende Woka Chandelier
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Handsewn fabric shade, dessin by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, hanging on a fabric-covered wire, brass-parts in the requested finish.
Total drop custom made
2 x Edison screw sockets ...
Category
2010s Austrian Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
JENNY Large Wall Light or Sconce in Enamel & Brass by Blueprint Lighting
By Mathieu Matégot, Blueprint Lighting, Stilnovo
Located in New York, NY
Introducing Jenny, the latest vintage-inspired fixture from Blueprint Lighting.
Named for multi-hyphenate Jenny Mollen; NYT best-selling author, actress, design enthusiast, mom of ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
Organic Modern Small Table Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE SMALL table lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada.
Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant's Foot– for the prominent shape at its ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Fabric, Linen
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö.
This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Textile
Marc Held for Prisunic Molded Fiberglass Bed, c. 1966
By Marc Held, Prisunic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Be the envy of your friends with this rare and sought after piece of the Pop-Art movement history by Parisian designer Marc Held. In 1966 Held collaborated with Prisunic to design an...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Fiberglass
Monumental Pair of Fiberglass 'Jennifer' Lounge Chairs by Michael Taylor, 1970s
By Michael Taylor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
So many incredible aspects to this pair of monumentally sized 'Jennifer' lounge chairs by Michael Taylor, circa 1970s, we will attempt to list them all in this description.
First...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Fiberglass
H 35.5 in W 65.5 in D 50 in
Jean Claude Mahey Post-Modern Cocktail Table, 1980s France, Signed
By Jean Claude Mahey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Such incredible detail in this rectangular coffee table designed by French designer, Jean Claude Mahey. Designed and crafted in the early 1980s in France, and signed by Jean Claude M...
Category
Vintage 1980s French Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Goatskin
Bronze 'Chan' Coffee or Large End Table by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, 1960s Signed
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a rare iteration of the classic and highly sought after 'Chan' coffee table by father and son team, Philip and Kelvin LaVerne (New York), produced in the 1960s and signed wit...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
H 17.25 in W 30 in D 20 in
'Butterflies' Dining Table by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1970s Italy, Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pièce de résistance collectors item is the 'Farfalle' (translated to 'Butterflies') dining table by Piero Fornasetti, circa 1970s, signed underneath with its original studio lab...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
'Rio' Rocking Chaise Lounge by Oscar Niemeyer for Fasem International, Signed
By Oscar Niemeyer, Fasem International
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 'Rio' sculptural rocking chaise lounge by Oscar Niemeyer for Fasem International was originally designed in 1978 and produced through this day by the same Italian maker. Featuri...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chaise Longues
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 33.5 in W 69 in D 23.75 in
Early 'Camaleonda' Sectional by Mario Bellini for C&B Italia, c 1971, Signed
By Mario Bellini, B&B Italia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This monumentally sized modular 'Camaleonda' sectional living room set (fourteen pieces in total) by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia, each section signed with labels as can be seen in t...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Sectional Sofas
Materials
Fabric
Special Custom Order Karl Springer 'Sculpture' Coffee Table, Signed
By Karl Springer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 'Sculpture' cocktail is a monumentally sized version of the standard 'Sculpture Leg' table by Karl Springer. Each of the four hefty sculpture legs are much wider in diameter tha...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Rare Pia Manu Brutalist Coffee Table, circa 1969 Belgium, Signed
By Pia Manu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An incredible Pia Manu brutalist coffee table, circa 1965-1970s, with brutalist cast resin artwork top over a brushed copper-tone steel frame and base. This stunning piece of functio...
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
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19thC Alphabet Tray of Wooden Letterpress Printing Blocks c.1895
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The collection of approximately one hundred and twenty three letterpress printing blocks, presented
Category
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mahogany
Letterpress Case
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Various printing blocks mainly of sporting interest housed within an English Mahogany Victorian
Category
Antique 1850s English Victorian Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Letterpress Printing Blocks Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A vintage wall sculpture composed of letterpress printing blocks, produced circa 1960's - 1970's
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Original Wood Carved Letterpress Carnival Scene
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved carnival scene letterpress wood block. Made in 1937 by the Neal Walters poster
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Orgininal Wood Carved Letterpress Carnival Scene
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved carnival scene letterpress wood block. Made by the Neal Walters poster company
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Original Wood Carved Letterpress Carnival Scene
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved carnival scene letterpress wood block. Made in 1937 by the Neal Walters poster
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Original Large Wood Carved Letterpress Circus Tiger Act
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved circus tiger act letterpress wood block. Made in the 1930's by the Neal Walters
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Original Large Wood Carved Letterpress Circus Tiger Act
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved circus tiger act letterpress wood block. Made in the 1930's by the Neal Walters
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Pair of Midcentury Letterpress "Printers" Table Lamps, USA, circa 1970
Located in Toronto, ON
These special bespoke vintage lamps were made from antique wooden letterpress alphabet and number
Category
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
1920s Printers Cabinet / Drawer Unit with Complete Original Letterpress Typogra
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1920s printers cabinet / drawer unit with complete original letterpress typography
1920s vintage
Category
Vintage 1920s French Shelves
Materials
Pine
H 52.37 in W 42.13 in D 27.17 in
Console / Desk with Early 20th Century Printing Blocks Top on Black Metal Frame
Located in London, GB
typesetter tray with a variety of wooden vintage letterpress printing blocks of letters, numbers and copper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Console Tables
Materials
Metal
H 30.71 in W 41.34 in D 15.36 in
Console / Desk with Early 20th Century Printing Letters Top on Metal Frame
Located in London, GB
typesetter tray with a variety of wooden vintage letterpress printing blocks of letters, numbers placed in a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Console Tables
Materials
Metal
H 30.71 in W 41.34 in D 15.36 in
Polar Co-ordinates IV
By Frank Stella
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph, screenprint and letterpress in colors from 40 runs from 33 aluminum plates, 2
Category
1980s Post-War Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
Frank Stella "Polar Co-ordinates V"
By Frank Stella
Located in Toronto, Ontario
floral form.
The Saskatchewan paintings contained flat-painted, bold color-blocking, while the works in
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Vintage Letterpress Printing Block Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A vintage letterpress printers blocks wall sculpture with a variety of letters and numbers in a
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Wood Carved Circus Poster Letterpress
By Neal Walters Poster Company
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand-carved circus menagerie scene letterpress wood block. Made by the Neal Walters Poster
Category
Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Original Wood Carved Letterpress Carnival Midway Scene Carousel Ferris Wheel
By Neal Walters Poster Company
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand-carved carnival scene letterpress wood block. Made by the Neal Walters poster company in
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
1920s Printers Cabinet / Drawer Unit with a Quantity of Original Letterpress Ty
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1920s printers cabinet / drawer unit with a quantity of original letterpress typography
1920s
Category
Vintage 1940s French Shelves
Materials
Pine
H 50.4 in W 41.74 in D 25.99 in
DADA historic Sidney Janis gallery mixed media, mid century designed by Duchamp
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
, Richard Huelsenbeck, and Jacques Levesque, features a staircase design, with blocks of text running
Category
Mid-20th Century Dada Abstract Prints
Materials
Parchment Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen
Limited Edition of William Faulkner's "The Sound and The Fury", 1/1480
Located in New York, NY
paper using 14 different colors of ink. Blocked in gold: paper sides printed letterpress with type
Category
2010s Books
Letterpress Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage block letter type face coffee table with contemporary iron base.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Robert Motherwell Lithograph
By Robert Motherwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
; Editioned Works #414.
Materials: Lithograph, linoleum block print and chine applique, letterpress
Category
Vintage 1980s American Expressionist Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Printers Cabinet for Distance Holders Used for Headlines and Articles
By Thompson Cabinet Company
Located in Pau, FR
. These wood blocks have been used for the letterpress as distance holders for headlines and articles
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
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