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Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Aquatint and drypoint
75.9 x 60.6 cms (29 7/8 x 23 7/8 ins) paper size
60.3 x 45.4 cms (23 3/4 x 17 7/8 ins) plate size
Edition of 5
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
1¢ Life and Uncle Sam Loves Marilyn
By Sam Francis
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Sam Francis
Medium: Two lithographs printed on full page sheet
Title: 1¢ Life (Left) and Uncle Sam Loves Marilyn (Right)
Portfolio: 1¢ Life
Year: 1964
Edition Size: 2000
Fram...
Category
1960s Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
114.3 x 70.5 cms (45 x 27.76 ins)
Edition of 50
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Smoke Sulfur
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
64.8 x 85.7 cms (25.5 x 33.75 ins)
Edition of 30
Paper: Rives BFK
Proofs: 1 BAT, 6 AP (I on Japanese paper), I CTP
Signed lower right; numbered lower left; publisher's cho...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Senza Titolo I
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
125.5 x 135.5 cms (49.41 x 53.35 ins)
Edition of 58
Signed in pencil, inscribed 'Bon a tirer'.
Published by 2RC Edizioni d'Arte, Rome
Printed by Vigna Antoniniana, Rome, with t...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
74.6 x 43.2 cms (29 3/8 x 17 ins)
Edition of 30
Plate: 60.3 x 25.1 cm (23 3/4 x 9 7/8 ins),
Sheet: 74.6 x 43.2 cm (29 3/8 x 17 ins)
Paper: Somerset Textured
Edition of 30
Proofs: I BAT, 3 AP, 3 CTP
Signed right, under image, numbered left, under image; publisher's chop lower right.
Publisher: The Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica, California
Printed by Jacob Samuel...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
Abstract composition - Original lithograph
By Sam Francis
Located in Paris, IDF
Sam FRANCIS
Abstract composition (c. 1986)
Original lithograph
Unsigned as issued
Justified bottom right "Lithographie originale de Sam Francis - Atelier d'Art Desjobert"
On l...
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Yunan (State III)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
107.3 x 73 cms (42 1/4 x 28 3/4 ins)
Edition of 15
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, monoprint with chine collé
85.7 x 68.6 cms (33 3/4 x 27 ins)
Edition of 19 variants
Category
1990s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Monoprint
Untitled (red down centre)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
117 x 76 cms (46 x 30 ins)
Edition of 50
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled, 1988
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled, 1988
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Screenprint in colours on wove p...
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Screen
Paper Weight
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
43.2 x 55.9 cms (17 x 22 ins)
Edition of 38
Category
1970s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Senza Titolo II (Untitled II)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
86 x 107 cms (33 7/8 x 42 1/8 ins)
Edition of 66
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
86.4 x 71.8 cms (34 x 28.25 ins)
Edition of 17
Paper: Somerset Textured
Proofs: 9 AP, I CTP (on handmade paper)
Signed right, under image; numbered left, under image; publisher's chop lower right
Publisher: The Litho Shop Inc., Santa Monica, California
Printed by Jacob Samuel...
Category
1980s Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Color
Her Blue Deeps
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Samuel Lewis Francis (1923 – 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. He received both his BA and MA degrees from University of California, Berkeley, where he studied art, botany, medicine and psychology.
Francis was initially influenced by the work of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. He later became loosely associated with a second generation of abstract expressionists, including Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler, who were increasingly interested in the expressive use of color.
Because Francis worked and exhibited in the United States, Europe and Asia, he is credited with helping secure international recognition for postwar American painting...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
An 8 Set - 7 - From the Pasadena Box
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Lithograph
38.4 x 56.5 cms (15 1/8 x 22 1/4 ins)
Edition of 100
Category
1960s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Yunan (State I)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
106.7 x 72.4 cms (42 x 28 1/2 ins)
Edition of 15
Paper: Arjomari
Proofs: 1 BAT, 4 AP, 3 TP
Signed lower right of centre; numbered lower left; publisher's chop lower right
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (SF71 - 407A)
Printed by Lloyd Baggs, assisted by Ron Adams...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Blue Cut Sail
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
55.9 x 76.2 cms (22 x 30 ins)
Edition of 20
Signed lower left verso, numbered lower left verso, publisher's chop lower left verso.
Publisher: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
86.4 x 116.8 cms (34 x 46 ins)
Edition of 17
Colour Trial Proof
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Etching
Damp
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
66 x 94 cms (26 x 37 ins)
Edition of 20
Rives BFK paper
Proofs: I BAT, 4 AP, 7 CTP, 9 XP
Signed lower left; numbered lower left; publisher's chop lower left.
Published by Tama...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
67.3 x 88.9 cms (26.5 x 35 ins)
Edition of 50
Signed lower right, numbered lower left.
Published by Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo.
Printed by Harumi Sonoyama at Gendai hanga Kobo Co...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Senza Titolo III
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
125 x 135.5 cms (49.21 x 53.35 ins)
Edition of 76
76 numbered impressions and 14 artist's proofs
Fabriano Rosaspina paper
Signed in pencil, inscribed 'Bon a tirer'.
Published ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
SILVER DOLLAR (COLOR)
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Aventura, FL
Dye-transfer print, flush-mounted. The photographer's copyright stamp, signed and dated in ink, and with title, date, and edition 'A. P. #D' in ink on the reverse. Frame size 30 x 33...
Category
1980s Photorealist Popular Artists
Materials
Dye Transfer
Male Nude
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) stands as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her monochromatic sculptural wooden constructions.
However it is imp...
Category
1930s Modern Popular Artists
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
CAT
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Portland, ME
Nevelson, Louise. CAT. Baro 80. Etching and drypoint, 1965/6. Edition of 40 (There were also three Trial Proofs and four Artist's Proofs). Signed and numbered in pencil. 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (plate), (sheet). The edition was printed at the Hollander Graphic...
Category
1960s Popular Artists
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
ONE ANCIENT FIGURES
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Portland, ME
Nevelson, Louise. ONE ANCIENT FIGURES. Baro 20. Etching and drypoint, 1953-55, editioned in 1965/1966. Titled "Personages", numbered 1/20 and signed in pencil. It is unclear whether ...
Category
1950s Popular Artists
Materials
Etching
SKY CASE XII
By Louise Nevelson
Located in New York, NY
wooden sculpture of found objects painted black. case with lid and hinges.
Category
1970s American Modern Popular Artists
Materials
Wood
Louise Nevelson "Bicentenial Dawn" 1976
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Louise Nevelson is one of the most revered and unique sculptors of the 20th century.
Her work has had an undeniable influence on a host of significant artists ranging from Tony Crag...
Category
1970s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Screen
UNTITLED
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Portland, ME
Nevelson, Louise. UNTITLED. Baro 36. Tamarind Number 801. Lithograph, 1963. Edition of 20, plus 2 Printer's Proofs, 1 Trial Proof, and 3 Artist's Proofs. Inscribed "Tamarind Impressi...
Category
1960s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
De Haan Kiss offset lithograph by Massimo Vitali. Published by Steidl Verlag.
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"De Haan Kiss" from "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" offset lithograph. Image of swimmers in pool under dome. Massimo Vitali Steidl Verlag, Götting...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Santa Cesarea diptych - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Santa Ces...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Pan di Zucchero - extra large scale photo of Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Pan di Zucchero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Porto Miggiano Colony - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Porto Miggiano...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Cala Conta Evening - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Praia do Moinho Handstand - large scale Massimo Vitali beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
iconic large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Meloria - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Meloria (20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Malbacco Desiata - large format photograph of iconic Italian summer moment
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Malbacco Desiata, a secret swim hole in Tuscany, by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Santa Maria al Bagno diptych - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and ritua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Rosignano Llama - large scale Mediterranean beach scene in Italy (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format original photograph of the iconic Mediterranean white beaches of Rosignano in Tuscany by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of beach rites and rituals of modern leisure
From Massimo Vitali's body of works captured along Italy's (almost deserted) beaches in the pandemic summer of 2020
Spiagge Bianche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Arch...
Cala Conta Point - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Cala Conta Black Dog - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Praia do Aterro Galp Matosinhos - large scale MassimoVitali beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and ritua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Plexiglass, Wood, Archival Paper
Manarola Multi Jump (framed) large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach scene
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of summer beach scene along Cinque Terre coast by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Manarola (2020)
61.25” x 81.68” / 155.60 cm x 207.46 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
'PienoVuoto'
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery (New York, USA)
2016
‘Landscapes with Figures’
Guido & Schoen Arte Contemponania (Genoa, Italy)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Crown Gallery (Knokke-Zoute, Belgium)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Ronchini Gallery (London, UK)
2015
‘New Prints’
Hilger Next (Vienna, Austria)
2014
‘Massimo Vitali’
Studio La Citta (Verona, Italy)
2014
‘Into The White’
Erich Lindenberg Art Foundation (Porza, Switzerland)
2014
‘Sempre più pallide. Towards Achrome’
Palazzo Tadea (Spilimbergo, Italy)
2013
‘Between Normalities’
Bonni Benrubi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Coney Es (artist framed) - large format photograph of iconic New York beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Coney Es...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Vaschette - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format original photograph of the iconic Mediterranean rock pools of Calafuria Vaschette in Tuscany by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Gulpiyuri - large scale landscape photograph by Massimo Vitali (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Gulpiyuri, a flooded sinkhole with inland beach in Northern Spain, by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Marina Di Massa, plexiglass photgraph, Italy beach scene
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Miami, FL
Massimo Vitali (b. Como, Italy in 1944) is an Italian photographer based in Lucca.
Vitali studied photography at the London College of Printing. He initially worked as a photojournal...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
19th century lithograph art nouveau ornate female figures outline illustration
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli "Jaufre and Eymardine" is an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. From "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a rare illustrated book.
Image: 8.12" x 6"...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
19th century lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate recto and verso face
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Title Page" Verso: "Art Nouveau Motif" is an original by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided lithographs from "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripo...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
"Lorenzaccio" by Alphonse Mucha from Les Maitres de l'Affiche
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Alphonse Mucha
"Lorenzaccio, a play in five acts and an epilogue by Alfred de Museet"
Plate #114
Image Size: 15" x 11"
1896
Alphonse Mucha was born in Southern Moravia on July 24, 1860. At the age of seventeen the artist left his home, to work as a painter of stage decorations...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 mandala lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph mandala plate of Thy Kingdom Come from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899.
“Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts with Moorish arabesques, Byzantine mandalas, and Classical Renaissance melodrama to create a body of work that guided viewers across the gap between the ancient and the modern.
The published plates for Le Pater were struck by Champenois on December 20, 1899 in an edition of 510 copies with the express agreement that they never be reprinted. As much of Mucha's work had been commercialized by Champenois due to numerous printings across multiple mediums, by this point he felt he had earned the right to insist on this deeply personal work existing only in the original release he had envisioned.
The title page, prayer plates, and illuminated manuscript pages...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 sepia lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph sepia plate of Thy Kingdom Come from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henr...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Le Pater: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" 1899 mystical lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Alphonse Mucha's hand-colored pochoir illuminated manuscript plate of Forgive Us Our Trespasses As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us from his masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pate...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Original cover for Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater, Symbolist letterpress, 1899
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
“Humankind rests safely in the hand of an androgynous God, dreamlike and powerful; Mucha’s Byzantine tresses are replaced here with hair personifying the wind of the vast cosmos, unf...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Paper, Ink
Late 19th century lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures birds floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli "Princess Ilsee's Oasis Throne" is an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. From "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a rare illustrated book.
Image: ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate verso
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Oasis Beetles" Verso: "Visiting Ilsee's Palace" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Our Father Who Art in Heaven" 1899 lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph sepia plate of Our Father Who Art in Heaven from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899.
“Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts with Moorish arabesques, Byzantine mandalas, and Classical Renaissance melodrama to create a body of work that guided viewers across the gap between the ancient and the modern.
The published plates for Le Pater were struck by Champenois on December 20, 1899 in an edition of 510 copies with the express agreement that they never be reprinted. As much of Mucha's work had been commercialized by Champenois due to numerous printings across multiple mediums, by this point he felt he had earned the right to insist on this deeply personal work existing only in the original release he had envisioned.
The title page, prayer plates, and illuminated manuscript pages...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau floral ornate bookplate verso
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Jaufre's Entrance" Verso: "Father Scolds Son" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs f...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
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