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Photorealist Portrait Prints

PHOTOREALISM

A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.

Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.

The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.

Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”

The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.

On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.

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Style: Photorealist
Tiger 1, David Hunt, Animal Art, Realist Print, Affordable Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
David Hunt Tiger 1 Limited Edition Giclee Print Edition 10 Framed Size: H 84cm x W 84cm x D 3.5cm Sold Framed Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Giclée

Looking at Me, photorealist art Signed twice with heart drawing and inscription
Located in New York, NY
Howard Kanovitz Looking at Me (Signed twice with heart drawing and inscription), 1981 Colour Lambda print on vellum Pencil signed and annotated Artist Proof (AP) by artist on the fro...
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1980s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Ink, Lithograph

Neighbors, Photorealist Lithograph by Harry McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) - Neighbors. Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP, Image Size: 12 x 23 inches, Size: 17 in. x 28 ...
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1970s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Ed Moses (Portrait of the Artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Theo Wujcik (1936-2014): Ed Moses, 1970. Etching in black on wove paper. Unsigned. 9 x 8 in. (sheet), 10 x 9 in. (frame). Custom welded brass frame with resolved corners and natura...
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1970s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

JAPANESE KIMONO Signed Lithograph, Blonde Woman White Silk Kimono Gold Cranes
Located in Union City, NJ
Japanese Kimono by the American photorealist artist Douglas Hofmann is an original hand drawn lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed using hand lithography tec...
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1990s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Book: Chuck Close Life (hand signed by both Chuck Close and Christopher Finch)
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close Life (hand signed by both Chuck Close and Christopher Finch), 2010 Hardback monograph with dust jacket Hand signed by both Chuck Close and Christopher Finch on the title ...
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2010s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Peter Max (Portrait of the Pop Artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Theo Wujcik (1936-2014): Peter Max, 1970. Etching in black on wove paper. Unsigned. 3.5 x 4.25 in. (sheet), 10 x 9 in. (frame). Custom welded brass frame with resolved corners and ...
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1970s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Billy Bengston (Portrait of the Pop Artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Theo Wujcik (1936-2014): Billy Al Bengston, 1970. Etching in black on wove paper. Unsigned. 9 x 8 in. (sheet), 10 x 9 in. (frame). Custom welded brass frame with resolved corners a...
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1970s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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The Peach Woman, Mexico, Photorealist Lithograph by Harry McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) - The Peach Woman, Mexico. Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph [pencil-signed and numbered], Edition: A.P., Size: 20 x 25.5 in. (50.8 x 64.77 cm)
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1970s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

ROSIGNANO DAWN (DIPTYCH)
Located in Aventura, FL
Offset lithograph on paper. Each stamped and numbered on verso. Edition of 120. Size: 35.5 x 27.5 inches (each); 35.5 x 55 inches (total). Artwork is in excellent condition. Certif...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

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