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Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival - 25th Anniversary
Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival - 25th Anniversary

Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival - 25th Anniversary

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, 25th Anniversary. Lithograph, Edition of 800, unsigned and unnumbered.

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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

" Mostly Mozart " Limited Edition Serigraph by Robert Zakanitch
" Mostly Mozart " Limited Edition Serigraph by Robert Zakanitch

" Mostly Mozart " Limited Edition Serigraph by Robert Zakanitch

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Vintage limited-edition serigraph titled " Yellow Flame " by Robert Zakanitch for the Lincoln Center " Mostly Mozart " concert series in 1983. The artist is the founder of the Patter...

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20th Century American Prints

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Paper

1991 After Robert Motherwell 'Mostly Mozart Festival'

1991 After Robert Motherwell 'Mostly Mozart Festival'

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This first edition screenprint, designed and created by renowned artist Robert Motherwell, was commissioned for the Mostly Mozart Festival presented at the Lincoln Center for the Per...

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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

2004 Lincoln Center NYC "Mostly Mozart" Serigraph Print by Joseph Raffael
2004 Lincoln Center NYC "Mostly Mozart" Serigraph Print by Joseph Raffael

2004 Lincoln Center NYC "Mostly Mozart" Serigraph Print by Joseph Raffael

By Joseph Raffaele

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Serigraph Print with Joseph Raffael's "Pond" feature as the main artwork.

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Early 2000s American Modern Prints

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Paper

Motherwell- Mostly Mozart - HAND SIGNED Limited Edition Screen-print
Motherwell- Mostly Mozart - HAND SIGNED Limited Edition Screen-print

Motherwell- Mostly Mozart - HAND SIGNED Limited Edition Screen-print

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This first edition screenprint, designed and created by renowned artist Robert Motherwell, was commissioned for the Mostly Mozart Festival presented at the Lincoln Center for the Per...

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Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Screen

Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary, Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary, Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary, Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary Year: 1991 Medium: Lithograph and Screenprint on Coventry Edition: 800 Size: ...

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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary - Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary - Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary - Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Long Island City, NY

Robert Motherwell’s vibrant red lithograph features a collage-like composition with an intense contrast of black and red on top of sheet music. Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th An...

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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Untitled - Mostly Mozart '83" by Robert Zakanitch (Pattern, Nature, Flower)
"Untitled - Mostly Mozart '83" by Robert Zakanitch (Pattern, Nature, Flower)

"Untitled - Mostly Mozart '83" by Robert Zakanitch (Pattern, Nature, Flower)

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in New York, NY

This special edition of 144 signed and numbered prints was commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the Mostly Mozart Festival in 1983. The artist, Robert...

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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

1971 Larry Zox 'Untitled - Mostly Mozart Festival' Hand Signed
1971 Larry Zox 'Untitled - Mostly Mozart Festival' Hand Signed

Larry Zox1971 Larry Zox 'Untitled - Mostly Mozart Festival' Hand Signed, 1971

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H 80.5 in W 39.75 in D 0.1 in

1971 Larry Zox 'Untitled - Mostly Mozart Festival' Hand Signed

By Larry Zox

Located in Brooklyn, NY

"Mostly Mozart Festival" by Larry Zox is a vibrant serigraph from 1971, part of a signed and numbered limited edition.

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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Terry Winters - Mostly Mozart Festival Silkscreen (Hand Signed by the Artist)
Terry Winters - Mostly Mozart Festival Silkscreen (Hand Signed by the Artist)

Terry Winters - Mostly Mozart Festival Silkscreen (Hand Signed by the Artist)

By Terry Winters

Located in New York, NY

Terry Winters Mostly Mozart Festival (Hand Signed), 2009 Silkscreen poster on wove paper Hand signed by the artist on the lower right front in 2016 39 4/5 × 30 1/4 inches Unframed Th...

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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Robert Motherwell Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart  25th Anniversary Screen Print
Robert Motherwell Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart  25th Anniversary Screen Print

Robert Motherwell Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart 25th Anniversary Screen Print

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Plainview, NY

Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991) Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, 25th Anniversary, 1991 Lithograph and screenprint on Coventry rag paper Edition of 800 Printer: Trest...

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist More Prints

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Screen

Robert Motherwell Mostly Mozart Festival, 1991 First Edition Screen Print
Robert Motherwell Mostly Mozart Festival, 1991 First Edition Screen Print

Robert Motherwell Mostly Mozart Festival, 1991 First Edition Screen Print

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Brooklyn, NY

First edition screen-print designed and created by Robert Motherwell for the Mostly Mozart Festival presented at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City in 1991.

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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Joyce Kozloff - Mostly Mozart Festival Poster ex-IBM Corporate Collection Framed
Joyce Kozloff - Mostly Mozart Festival Poster ex-IBM Corporate Collection Framed

Joyce Kozloff - Mostly Mozart Festival Poster ex-IBM Corporate Collection Framed

By Joyce Kozloff

Located in New York, NY

Offset lithograph poster not signed Limited Edition of 350 This work was published by the Vera List Poster program for the Mostly Mozart Festival at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center...

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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

1978 Mozart Predella Serigraph, Framed Screen Print, Contemporary Art
1978 Mozart Predella Serigraph, Framed Screen Print, Contemporary Art

1978 Mozart Predella Serigraph, Framed Screen Print, Contemporary Art

By Don Nice

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Printed in 1978 for The Mostly Mozart Festival, this silkscreen print is framed in a polished aluminum frame, featuring a front profile of 1/4 inch and a side profile of 1 1/2 inches.

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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Murray  'Lincoln Center Mozart Bicentennial'  HAND SIGNED
Murray  'Lincoln Center Mozart Bicentennial'  HAND SIGNED

Murray 'Lincoln Center Mozart Bicentennial' HAND SIGNED

By Judith Murray

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This signed and numbered serigraph by Judith Murray was created for the benefit of the Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival in 1991. Renowned for her contributions to abstract art, ...

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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Untitled" by Joyce Kozloff (Abstract, Geometric, Pattern, Screen print, Colors)
"Untitled" by Joyce Kozloff (Abstract, Geometric, Pattern, Screen print, Colors)

"Untitled" by Joyce Kozloff (Abstract, Geometric, Pattern, Screen print, Colors)

By Joyce Kozloff

Located in New York, NY

This screen print was created to celebrate the Mostly Mozart Festival in 1982. A pattern of shapes in pale pinks, greens and silver tones creates an image resembling a tapestry.

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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

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Untitled - Mostly Mozart '77
Untitled - Mostly Mozart '77

Untitled - Mostly Mozart '77

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Santa Fe, NM

The floral image of Mozart 77 appeared on the final Mostly Mozart poster—an offset lithograph in a large edition—this serigraph is considerably rarer.

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Untitled - Mostly Mozart '77
Untitled - Mostly Mozart '77

Untitled - Mostly Mozart '77

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Robert Zakanitch was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and now lives and works in New York City. Zakanitch began exhibiting in the late 1960s with Color Field paintings, but he first ac...

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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Luminous Dawn" Jules Olitski  Abstract ED. 91/108 Abstract landscape
"Luminous Dawn" Jules Olitski  Abstract ED. 91/108 Abstract landscape

"Luminous Dawn" Jules Olitski Abstract ED. 91/108 Abstract landscape

By Jules Olitski

Located in Cleveland, OH

Jules Olitski LUMINOUS DAWN (from Vera List Print Program, Mostly Mozart, Lincoln Center), 1997 Silkscreen on wove paper (Signed, dated, numbered) Edition: 91/ 108 24 1/2 × 35 in 62....

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Prints

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Screen

Mostly Mozart
Mostly Mozart

Hans Meyer PetersenMostly Mozart, 1990

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H 37.5 in W 29.5 in D 2 in

Mostly Mozart

By Hans Meyer Petersen

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Hans Meyer Peterson, Danish (1937 - ) Title: Mostly Mozart Year: 1990 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 32/72 Size: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.58 c...

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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Screen

Mostly Mozart
Mostly Mozart

Mostly Mozart

By Judith Murray

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Judith Murray, American (1941 - ) Title: Mostly Mozart Year: 1981 Medium: Silkscreen, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil Edition: 122/144 Image Size: 34 x 38 inches Size:...

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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Mostly Mozart, Lincoln Center, Screenprint by Susan Crile
Mostly Mozart, Lincoln Center, Screenprint by Susan Crile

Mostly Mozart, Lincoln Center, Screenprint by Susan Crile

By Susan Crile

Located in Long Island City, NY

Mostly Mozart, Lincoln Center by Susan Crile, American (1942) Date: 1985 Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition of RP 3/5 Image Size: 16.5 x 66.5 inches Size: 20 ...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Screen

Susan Crile Mostly Mozart Lincoln Center Serigraph Poster 1985 Framed
Susan Crile Mostly Mozart Lincoln Center Serigraph Poster 1985 Framed

Susan Crile Mostly Mozart Lincoln Center Serigraph Poster 1985 Framed

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

A fantastic serigraph poster advertising Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center 1985 designed by Susan Crile.

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Vintage 1980s Prints

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Paper

Framed Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart 25th Anniversary Poster by Robert Motherwell
Framed Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart 25th Anniversary Poster by Robert Motherwell

Framed Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart 25th Anniversary Poster by Robert Motherwell

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Palm Desert, CA

Framed Lincoln Center mostly Mozart 25th anniversary poster designed by the youngest pioneer of the Abstract Expressionist art movement, Robert Motherwell (1915-1991).

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1990s American Modern Posters

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Paper

Elizabeth Murray 'Clock (Mostly Mozart)' 1993- Serigraph- Signed
Elizabeth Murray 'Clock (Mostly Mozart)' 1993- Serigraph- Signed

Elizabeth Murray 'Clock (Mostly Mozart)' 1993- Serigraph- Signed

By Elizabeth Murray

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 40 x 37.75 inches ( 101.6 x 95.885 cm ) Image Size: 40 x 37.75 inches ( 101.6 x 95.885 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additi...

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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Screen

1971 Larry Zox 'Untitled - Mostly Mozart Festival' Hand Signed

1971 Larry Zox 'Untitled - Mostly Mozart Festival' Hand Signed

By Larry Zox

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 80.5 x 39.75 inches ( 204.47 x 100.965 cm ) Image Size: 80.5 x 39.75 inches ( 204.47 x 100.965 cm ) Framed: No Condition: C: Several Signs of use and handling, some vi...

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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Robert Motherwell 'M for Mozart' detail 1991- Serigraph

Robert Motherwell 'M for Mozart' detail 1991- Serigraph

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This first edition screenprint was created by renowned American artist Robert Motherwell for the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City in ...

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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Joseph Raffael 'Pond with Goldfish' 2004- Serigraph

Joseph Raffael 'Pond with Goldfish' 2004- Serigraph

By Joseph Raffael

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This captivating Joseph Raffael poster, published by the Lincoln Center for the Mostly Mozart Festival in 2004, is a limited edition piece, with only 500 prints available.

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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Barn and Forsythia III
Barn and Forsythia III

Wolf KahnBarn and Forsythia III, 2003

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H 34.25 in W 44.25 in

Barn and Forsythia III

By Wolf Kahn

Located in Toronto, Ontario

This screenprint was made to commemorate the 2003 Mostly Mozart Festival at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York.

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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Screen

Mostly Mozart, Avery Fisher Hall, Floral Print by Zakanitch
Mostly Mozart, Avery Fisher Hall, Floral Print by Zakanitch

Mostly Mozart, Avery Fisher Hall, Floral Print by Zakanitch

By Robert Zakanitch

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Robert Zakanitch, American (1935 - ) Title: Mostly Mozart, Avery Fisher Hall Year: 1977 Medium: Screenprint, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil Edition: 90/144 Paper Size...

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1970s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Prints

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Screen

Botero The Violinist, Mostly Mozart Festival , 1984 Vintage
Botero The Violinist, Mostly Mozart Festival , 1984 Vintage

Botero The Violinist, Mostly Mozart Festival , 1984 Vintage

By Fernando Botero

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This original poster by Fernando Botero, created for the Mostly Mozart festival and published by the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, exemplifies Botero's signature humor and ...

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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Mostly Mozart #2" Long Pastel Geometric Abstract Drawing
"Mostly Mozart #2" Long Pastel Geometric Abstract Drawing

"Mostly Mozart #2" Long Pastel Geometric Abstract Drawing

By Susan Crile

Located in Houston, TX

Fantastic collection of geometric shapes in pastel colors set against a grid background by the artist Susan Crile. Signed, titled, and dated in the lower-left corner. Hung in a light...

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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Donald Sultan Collectible 2008 Mimosas Mostly Mozart Festival Poster
Donald Sultan Collectible 2008 Mimosas Mostly Mozart Festival Poster

Donald Sultan Collectible 2008 Mimosas Mostly Mozart Festival Poster

By Donald Sultan

Located in Lomita, CA

This is a special limited edition poster from the 2008 event at Lincoln Park that memorializes Donald Sultan's opus: "Mimosas." Donald Sultan's iconic mimosas are the subject of this...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Posters

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Silk

The Italian Poppies (Flowers)
The Italian Poppies (Flowers)

The Italian Poppies (Flowers)

By Ed Baynard

Located in New York, NY

This image was created to commemorate Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival. SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Modern Art, New York, N...

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1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Luminous Dawn (dramatic sunrise landscape silkscreen by top color field painter)
Luminous Dawn (dramatic sunrise landscape silkscreen by top color field painter)

Luminous Dawn (dramatic sunrise landscape silkscreen by top color field painter)

By Jules Olitski

Located in New York, NY

This signed, dated and numbered screenprint in colors on wove paper with full margins - a rare proof from the limited edition of only 18 - was created as a fundraiser for the Mostly ...

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1990s Color-Field Abstract Prints

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Screen

2004 After Joseph Raffael 'Pond with Goldfish' Serigraph

2004 After Joseph Raffael 'Pond with Goldfish' Serigraph

By Joseph Raffael

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 33.25 x 45.75 inches ( 84.455 x 116.205 cm ) Image Size: 28.5 x 42.5 inches ( 72.39 x 107.95 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Published by the...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

After Joseph Raffael 'Pond with Goldfish' 2004- Serigraph

After Joseph Raffael 'Pond with Goldfish' 2004- Serigraph

By Joseph Raffael

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 33.25 x 45.75 inches ( 84.455 x 116.205 cm ) Image Size: 28.5 x 42.5 inches ( 72.39 x 107.95 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Published by the...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Barn & Forsythia IV (Hand signed and dedicated), 2003-2013
Barn & Forsythia IV (Hand signed and dedicated), 2003-2013

Barn & Forsythia IV (Hand signed and dedicated), 2003-2013

By Wolf Kahn

Located in New York, NY

This hand signed offset lithograph poster is more desirable for some collectors than the actual signed and numbered edition -because this has the Mostly Mozart Lincoln Center text on...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Down in the Valley by Wolf Kahn (Purple and blue landscape)
Down in the Valley by Wolf Kahn (Purple and blue landscape)

Down in the Valley by Wolf Kahn (Purple and blue landscape)

By Wolf Kahn

Located in New York, NY

This print is a hand signed and numbered impression from the edition of 108, published by Lincoln Center in 2006 to celebrate the Mostly Mozart Festival. Kahn’s work resides in the c...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Screen

Large Silkscreen by Gene Davis
Large Silkscreen by Gene Davis

Large Silkscreen by Gene Davis

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H 29 in W 61 in D 1 in

Large Silkscreen by Gene Davis

By Gene Davis

Located in Waltham, MA

Large silkscreen by American artist Gene Davis from 1975. Titled “Mostly Mozart”. From an edition of 144. Signed and numbered to lower right.

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Paper, Wood

Robert Motherwell Mostly Mozart Festival Print
Robert Motherwell Mostly Mozart Festival Print

Robert Motherwell Mostly Mozart Festival Print

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H 44.75 in W 32.5 in D 1.75 in

Robert Motherwell Mostly Mozart Festival Print

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Geneva, IL

Robert Motherwell's "Mostly Mozart Festival." Limited edition print- Print measures 29 X 40.

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1990s Prints

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Lucite, Paper

"Mostly Mozart" Original Vintage Music Festival poster

"Mostly Mozart" Original Vintage Music Festival poster

By Fernando Botero

Located in Boston, MA

Botero's delightful poster for New York's world-famous Mostly Mozart Festival is among the best of Lincoln Center's fine poster series.

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1980s Mannerist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

"Mostly Mozart" Original Botero Vintage Music Festival poster

"Mostly Mozart" Original Botero Vintage Music Festival poster

By Fernando Botero

Located in Boston, MA

Botero's delightful poster for New York's world-famous Mostly Mozart Festival is among the best of Lincoln Center's fine poster series.

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1980s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Offset

"Mostly Mozart" Original Botero Vintage Music Festival poster

"Mostly Mozart" Original Botero Vintage Music Festival poster

By Fernando Botero

Located in Boston, MA

Botero's delightful poster for New York's world-famous Mostly Mozart Festival is among the best of Lincoln Center's fine poster series.

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1980s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

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By Ellsworth Kelly

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Galerie Maeght" Year: 1964 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer...

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