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Robert Townsend

untitled (Music)
By Joseph Goldyne
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Robert Townsend Inc., and each etching is signed in the margin by the artist.
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

untitled (Music)
untitled (Music)
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
H 7.5 in W 5.25 in
Robert Mapplethorpe, Javier, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
the direction of Jon Goodman, with the assistance of Peter Pettengill and Robert Townsend, Winchester
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Robert Mapplethorpe, Cross IV, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
, under the direction of Jon Goodman, with the assistance of Peter Pettengill and Robert Townsend
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Robert Mapplethorpe, Vibert's Back, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
, Winchester, under the direction of Jon Goodman, with the assistance of Peter Pettengill and Robert Townsend
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Robert Mapplethorpe, Gun Blast, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
, under the direction of Jon Goodman, with the assistance of Peter Pettengill and Robert Townsend
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
, Winchester, under the direction of Jon Goodman, with the assistance of Peter Pettengill and Robert Townsend
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Robert Mapplethorpe, Hand in Fire, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
, Winchester, under the direction of Jon Goodman, with the assistance of Peter Pettengill and Robert Townsend
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Robert Mapplethorpe, Rose with Smoke, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
, Winchester, under the direction of Jon Goodman, with the assistance of Peter Pettengill and Robert Townsend
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Robert Mapplethorpe, Back View of Male Nude, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
Robert Townsend, Winchester, 1986. The work embodies Mapplethorpe’s devotion to classical form, spiritual
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Interview Magazine Collection 1980's 10 pieces Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fulton, CA
, Robert Townsend, Cybill Shepherd, Eric Roberts, Kevin Costner and Don Johnson. All circa 1980's. Each
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

British Portrait of Two English Children Dog - Circle Sir William Beechey
Located in Miami, FL
brush strokes with impasto in the trees The nameplate identifies the sitters as Robert & Marianne
Category

Early 1800s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Europa, by Peter Milton
By Peter Milton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
John Szokes Graphics and printed by Master Printer Robert E. Townsend, with chopmarks from both blind
Category

1980s Contemporary Interior Prints

Materials

Etching, Engraving

Europa, by Peter Milton
Europa, by Peter Milton
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
H 11 in W 9.63 in
The Jolly Corner. A portfolio of 21 etchings.
By Peter Milton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
colophon page along with chop marks of artist/printers Robert E. Townsend and Gretchen Ewert, and the chop
Category

1970s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Etching

Northern Lass, from Europaeische Graphik VII by Patrick Procktor, 1971
By Patrick Procktor
Located in Kingsclere, GB
, William Townsend, Claude Rogers, Robert Medley and others, developing his painting style in the dark
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Les Belles et la Bête: Before the Hunt
By Peter Milton
Located in Middletown, NY
printer, Robert E. Townsend, in the lower left margin. A beautiful, richly inked impression of this highly
Category

1970s American Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Engraving, Etching

Interiors VII: The Train from Munich
By Peter Milton
Located in Middletown, NY
Interiors VII: The Train from Munich Robert E. Townsend, 1991. Resist ground etching and engraving
Category

1990s American Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Charcoal, ABS, Engraving, Etching

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The Hospital
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Arion Press, San Francisco; printed by Robert Townsend at R.E. Townsend, Georgetown, Massachusetts
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

The Tower
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Arion Press, San Francisco; printed by Robert Townsend at R.E. Townsend, Georgetown, Massachusetts
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Mapplethorpe, Cross IV, A Season in Hell (after)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Southampton, NY
Goodman, Winchester, with the assistance of Peter Pettengill, and Robert Townsend, Winchester, 1986
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

"Untitled" Abstract, Organic Flow, Fiber Art, Earth Tones
Located in Detroit, MI
popular Robert Kidd Gallery, later renamed Townsend Street Gallery, in Birmingham, Michigan with his
Category

Late 20th Century Constructivist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Wool, Canvas, Thread, Yarn

Oh Lolly Lolly
By Robert Townsend
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Photographic detail is amazingly captured in this lush and vibrant watercolor by artist Robert
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...

Materials

Watercolor

Scylla and Charybdis
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Arion Press, San Francisco; printed by Robert Townsend at R.E. Townsend, Georgetown, Massachusetts
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Cyclops
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Arion Press, San Francisco; printed by Robert Townsend at R.E. Townsend, Georgetown, Massachusetts
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Hades
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Arion Press, San Francisco; printed by Robert Townsend at R.E. Townsend, Georgetown, Massachusetts
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Music
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Arion Press, San Francisco; printed by Robert Townsend at R.E. Townsend, Georgetown, Massachusetts
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Trieste-Zurich-Paris
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
by Arion Press, San Francisco; printed by Robert Townsend at R.E. Townsend, Georgetown, Massachusetts
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

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