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Dance of Death - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s

Dance of Death - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Roma, IT

The illustrated title page to The English Dance of Death, designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson, one of the most celebrated British caricaturists and satirical artists of the late...

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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Dance of Death - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s

Dance of Death - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized by Thomas Rowlandson as frontispiece of "The English Dance of Death". Printed by J. Diggins and published by R.

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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The English Dance of Death - The Dance of Life by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s
The English Dance of Death - The Dance of Life by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s

The English Dance of Death - The Dance of Life by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Roma, IT

The English dance of death - The dance of life is an original pair of rare and fine books written by William Combe (25 March 1742 – 19 June 1823) and illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson...

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1810s Modern More Art

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint

The Dance of Death - Woodcut by Alfred Rethel - Mid-19th Century

The Dance of Death - Woodcut by Alfred Rethel - Mid-19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

The New Dance of Dead is an Woodcut Print realized by Alfred Rethel in 1848. The artwork is in good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard passpartout (32x48 cm)....

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Early 19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Death as a servant / - Concise congeniality -
Death as a servant / - Concise congeniality -

Death as a servant / - Concise congeniality -

Located in Berlin, DE

Even before Rethel struck the artistic nerve of his time with his own series of woodcuts, "Auch ein Totentanz" (1848), he had already explored the theme of the dance of death, studyi...

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1910s Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Scythers Resting /// Percy John Delf Smith WWI War Artist Farming Landscape Art
Scythers Resting /// Percy John Delf Smith WWI War Artist Farming Landscape Art

Scythers Resting /// Percy John Delf Smith WWI War Artist Farming Landscape Art

By Percy John Delf Smith, R.D.I.

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

After his set of realistic depictions of the battlefield, he created a later series of seven prints, "Dance of Death", updating the medieval imagery of the dance of death to the war.

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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

French Neo-Romantic Surrealist Painting "Circus" by Kristians Tonny
French Neo-Romantic Surrealist Painting "Circus" by Kristians Tonny

French Neo-Romantic Surrealist Painting "Circus" by Kristians Tonny

Located in Philadelphia, PA

At age twelve, he started exhibiting fantastic landscapes, Dances of Death, and visions of the Apocalypse, influenced by such Flemish old masters as Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Brueg...

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1920s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Quiz. The Grand Master -Illustrated Book by Thomas Rowlandson - 1816
Quiz. The Grand Master -Illustrated Book by Thomas Rowlandson - 1816

Quiz. The Grand Master -Illustrated Book by Thomas Rowlandson - 1816

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Roma, IT

The English dance of death - The dance of life is an original pair of rare and fine books written by William Combe (25 March 1742 – 19 June 1823) and illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson...

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1810s Modern More Art

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Paper

The Parrot, Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series, 1919
The Parrot, Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series, 1919

The Parrot, Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series, 1919

By Adolf Uzarski 1

Located in Atlanta, GA

While directing the advertising department of the Tietz department store in 1916-1917, he produced the portfolio of lithographs, Totentanz (Danse Macabre - Dance of Death). Beginning...

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1910s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Mythic Escape Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series 1919
Mythic Escape Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series 1919

Mythic Escape Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series 1919

By Adolf Uzarski 1

Located in Atlanta, GA

While directing the advertising department of the Tietz department store in 1916-1917, he produced the portfolio of lithographs, Totentanz (Danse Macabre - Dance of Death). Beginning...

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1910s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Hummingbird Augury: Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing on Handmade Paper w/ Gold Stars
Hummingbird Augury: Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing on Handmade Paper w/ Gold Stars

Hummingbird Augury: Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing on Handmade Paper w/ Gold Stars

By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick

Located in Hudson, NY

The artistic duo’s latest extension to the ongoing series re-envisions the Danse Macabre, the Medieval allegory that reminds us no matter one’s station in life, the “Dance of Death” ...

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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Wild Duel, Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series, 1919
Wild Duel, Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series, 1919

Wild Duel, Charcoal Lithograph Drawing by Adolf Uzarski, Tutinama Series, 1919

By Adolf Uzarski 1

Located in Atlanta, GA

While directing the advertising department of the Tietz department store in 1916–17, he produced a portfolio of lithographs titled Totentanz (Danse Macabre - Dance of Death). Beginni...

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1910s Art Deco Animal Paintings

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Paper

Neue Träume von Glück (New Dreams of Happiness)
Neue Träume von Glück (New Dreams of Happiness)

Neue Träume von Glück (New Dreams of Happiness)

By Max Klinger

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He began work on his last major cycle, On Death II (published 1910), in 1898. For these twelve plates, he drew upon the macabrely creative Totentanz (“dance of death”) theme in Germa...

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1880s Expressionist Nude Prints

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Etching

Seasons: Cycles Unveiled (Momento Mori)

Seasons: Cycles Unveiled (Momento Mori)

By Fidel Santos

Located in Brooklyn, NY

"Seasons: Cycles Unveiled" beckons viewers to contemplate the intricate dance of life and death, offering a moment of reflection on the unyielding nature of the human experience.

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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Still-life Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Ink

Eric, NYC -Longo, Contemporary, 21st Century, C-Print, Limited Edition, Portrait
Eric, NYC -Longo, Contemporary, 21st Century, C-Print, Limited Edition, Portrait

Eric, NYC -Longo, Contemporary, 21st Century, C-Print, Limited Edition, Portrait

By Robert Longo

Located in Zug, CH

The Men in the Cities series made Robert Longo famous in the early 1980s: larger-than-life drawings of sharply dressed businesspeople writhing in contortion under the impact of an in...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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C Print

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Rampant Slip— Danced Himself to Death [...] series of 15 unique prints
Rampant Slip— Danced Himself to Death [...] series of 15 unique prints

Rampant Slip— Danced Himself to Death [...] series of 15 unique prints

Located in Tuscany, Pisa

Full title: Rampant Slip— Danced Himself to Death [MJ] for the future of r---e---a---l---l--y REAL un-freedom Ima-Abasi Okon graduated from the Communication Design MA at Central Sa...

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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Monoprint, Screen

Cindy and Eric  (Portfolio of 2)
Cindy and Eric  (Portfolio of 2)

Cindy and Eric (Portfolio of 2)

By Robert Longo

Located in Zug, CH

These series contributed to Robert Longo's fame in the early 1980’s: larger-than-life drawings of sharply dressed businesspeople writhing in contortion under the impact of an invisib...

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2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Archival Pigment

Eric, NYC, 1980
Eric, NYC, 1980

Robert LongoEric, NYC, 1980, 2009

Unavailable

H 10.04 in W 7.29 in D 0.4 in

Eric, NYC, 1980

By Robert Longo

Located in Zug, CH

The Men in the Cities series made Robert Longo famous in the early 1980’s: larger-than-life drawings of sharply dressed businesspeople writhing in contortion under the impact of an i...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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C Print

Infanta la Danza de la Muerte no. 2 (dance of death)
Infanta la Danza de la Muerte no. 2 (dance of death)

Infanta la Danza de la Muerte no. 2 (dance of death)

By Chikako Okada

Located in Burlingame, CA

Infanta la Danza de la Muerte no. 2 (dance of death) ' features the face of a young woman with dancing skeleton's adorning her crown. along with petals and tattoos in an intricately...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Ein Anatomischer Totentanz.
Ein Anatomischer Totentanz.

Ein Anatomischer Totentanz.

Located in New York, NY

Only Edition of this photographic anomaly, offering an "Anatomical Dance of Death," prepared for the use of artists, with a long preface on the illustrated history of the "Dance of D...

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1920s Nude Photography

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Paper

The Maiden Aunts
The Maiden Aunts

The Maiden Aunts

By Dorothy Dehner

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Her work of the late 1940s such as her "Damnation Series" and "Dances of Death” reflected the mental turmoil she was undergoing in her marriage.

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1950s American Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching

La Danseuse - 19th Century Oil, Figure of Dancer in Interior by Leon Comerre
La Danseuse - 19th Century Oil, Figure of Dancer in Interior by Leon Comerre

La Danseuse - 19th Century Oil, Figure of Dancer in Interior by Leon Comerre

By Léon François Comerre

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Museum and Gallery Holdings: Béziers: Dancer Caen: Death of Albinus Lille: Death of Timophan Marseilles: Silenus and the Bacchantes Paris (Foyer of the Odéon): Phaedra and Celimina...

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Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Danse de la Mort (The Dance of Death)
La Danse de la Mort (The Dance of Death)

La Danse de la Mort (The Dance of Death)

By Frederic Chevalier

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

An original etching on Hollande laid paper by half French half Chinese artist Frederic Chevalier (Active: Late 19th Century) titled "La Danse de la Mort (The Dance of Death)", 1875. ...

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1870s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching

La Baigneuse - 19th Century Oil, Nude Figure by River Landscape by Leon Comerre
La Baigneuse - 19th Century Oil, Nude Figure by River Landscape by Leon Comerre

La Baigneuse - 19th Century Oil, Nude Figure by River Landscape by Leon Comerre

By Léon François Comerre

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Museum and Gallery Holdings: Béziers: Dancer Caen: Death of Albinus Lille: Death of Timophan Marseilles: Silenus and the Bacchantes Paris (Foyer of the Odéon): Phaedra and Celimina...

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Late 19th Century Romantic Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Eric, NYC -Longo, Contemporary, 21st Century, C-Print, Limited Edition, Portrait
Eric, NYC -Longo, Contemporary, 21st Century, C-Print, Limited Edition, Portrait

Eric, NYC -Longo, Contemporary, 21st Century, C-Print, Limited Edition, Portrait

By Robert Longo

Located in Zug, CH

The Men in the Cities series made Robert Longo famous in the early 1980s: larger-than-life drawings of sharply dressed businesspeople writhing in contortion under the impact of an in...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

C Print

Peace and Plenty, 1931
Peace and Plenty, 1931

Peace and Plenty, 1931

By Ferdinand Burgdorff

Located in Soquel, CA

James Nelson Algar: From Mickey Mouse's appearance as the terrified, half-drowned sorcerer's apprentice in Fantasia to the square-dancing death duel of scorpions in The Living Desert...

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1930s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

YOUNG COUPLE THREATENED BY DEATH (THE PROMENADE)

YOUNG COUPLE THREATENED BY DEATH (THE PROMENADE)

By Albrecht Dürer

Located in San Francisco, CA

The tall grass-like plant in the foreground may be allegorical, related to the quotation from Isaiah in the Basel Dance of Death that “all flesh is like hay and grass; grass dries up...

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18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Totentanz by Josef Fenneker, Antique Poster for German Silent Film by Fritz Lang

Totentanz by Josef Fenneker, Antique Poster for German Silent Film by Fritz Lang

By Josef Fenneker

Located in Culver City, CA

Josef Fenneker was the foremost film poster artist in Weimar Berlin, and the in-house poster designer for the legendary German Expressionist theater Marmorhaus. Totentanz (Dance of...

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1910s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

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Real Life in London - Rare Book Illustrated by T. Rowlandson - 1820s
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Real Life in London - Rare Book Illustrated by T. Rowlandson - 1820s

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Roma, IT

Real Life in London is an original couple of books written by William Combe (25 March 1742 – 19 June 1823) and illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson (13 July 1757 – 21 April 1827) in 1821...

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Paper, Etching

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