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Presenza
By Emilio Vedova
Located in Roma, RM
PRESENZA 1960 Litografia es. 30/50 Lithograph es. 30/50 cm 60 x 42,3 Firma e tiratura in basso Signature and edition bottom below
Category

Late 20th Century Sexy Gifts

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

Tenera la notte
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Roma, RM
TENERA LA NOTTE Dècollage 
cm 100×70 Firma a matita in basso a destra. II/L in basso a sinistra Signed with pencil lower right. II/L lower left
Category

Late 20th Century Sexy Gifts

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

Marilyn Monroe
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Roma, RM
MARILYN Seridècollage 
 cm 63 x 62 Firma in basso a destra e timbro a secco sul fronte, P.A. Signed lower right and dry stamp on the front, P.A.
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Late 20th Century Sexy Gifts

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

Marcello Mastroianni
Located in Roma, RM
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI 1960ca Stampa alla gelatina ai sali d’argento Gelatin silver print cm 35 x 23 Timbro del fotografo al retro Photographer’s stamp on the back
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Late 20th Century Sexy Gifts

Materials

Paper, Silver Gelatin

Carnevale
By Emilio Vedova
Located in Roma, RM
CARNEVALE 1997 Acquaforte Etching cm 35,5 x 50,50 (lastra) e 50x70 (foglio) Firma e tiratura 52/80 in basso Signature and edition 52/80 bottom below
Category

Late 20th Century Sexy Gifts

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

Ava Gardner AKA Frank Sinatra's Nightmare
By Pure Evil
Located in New York, NY
Pure Evil AKA Charles Uzzell Edwards is an artist who depicts celebrity likenesses in his street-art style as a way to explore the dark side of celebrity worship. Many of his paintin...
Category

2010s Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Screen

La Cage et Tou
By Sandra Chevrier
Located in New York, NY
Sandra Chevrier is an artist who combines disparate pop art elements to create a commentary on celebrity worship and consumption. Marilyn Monroe is notoriously a figure who has been ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Printer's Ink, Screen

Portrait - Woodcut - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a woodcut realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century. Very Good conditions. the artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Edmond De Maertelaere (1876 - 1938) Old woman, Pont Aven
Located in Gent, VOV
Edmond De Maertelaere was born in Ghent on 8 October 1876. At the age of 14, Edmond won a first prize in decorative drawing at the Nivelines school. He then enrolled at the "Royal Ac...
Category

19th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Oil

Portrait - Woodcut print - early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a woodcut print realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century. Very Good conditions. the artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Woodcut

Portrait - Woodcut print - early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a woodcut print realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century. Very Good conditions. the artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Woodcut

Huge Composition Of 7 Portraits And Still Lifes. 9/25 Limited Edition on Dibond
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This polyptych is an impressive multi-panel composition, consisting of seven high-quality reproductions on Dibond aluminum, showcasing characters from the limited edition "Diners" se...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sexy Gifts

Materials

Metal

Portrait - Woodcut print - early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a woodcut print realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century. Very Good conditions. the artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Woodcut

"That One Time I Modeled Lingerie" Printmaking: Photogravure, Aquatint Etching
Located in New York, NY
"That One Time I Modeled Lingerie" Printmaking: Photogravure and Aquatint Etching on Paper, Framed Dimensions: 13 x 16in, Framed 22 x 24 x 1in This piece is a Limited Edition of 25, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Sexy Gifts

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Photogravure, Paper

NATURAL BEAUTY Signed Lithograph Abstract Color Portrait Black Woman Flower Vase
By William Tolliver
Located in Union City, NJ
NATURAL BEAUTY by the self taught African American artist William Tolliver (b.1951-2000) is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed in 25 colors on archival printma...
Category

1990s Contemporary Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Braque, Tête de femme, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
By Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. I, N° 5-6, 1939. Print...
Category

1930s Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Braque, Le Coq, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
By Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. VII, N° 27-28, 1952. P...
Category

1950s Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Borés, La femme en bleu, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
By Francisco Bores
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. VII, N° 27-28, 1952. Printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1952. FRANCISCO BORES (1898-1972) was an important figure of twentieth-century European art. His presence was important among the second wave of Spanish artists who arrived in Paris in the 1920s, which also included Pablo Picasso, Ginés Parra, Pedro Flores...
Category

1950s Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Emerald boy
By Anastasia Kurakina
Located in London, GB
portrait of a boy Limited edition Hand signed
Category

2010s Vienna Secession Sexy Gifts

Materials

Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
By André Marchand
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category

1940s Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

John Lennon
By Oksana Tanasiv
Located in Norwalk, CT
The art "John Lennon" is Limited Edition of 25 canvas geclee prints on canvas in size 18″X24″. The print is covered by resin layer which protects the vibrancy of color pigments. Afte...
Category

2010s Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Resin, Canvas, Acrylic, Giclée

Raphael Soyer Self-Portrait, Signed Lithograph, Man in Hat w Glasses, Realism
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
Raphael Soyer Self-Portrait is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Pai...
Category

1970s Realist Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Moschino
By Anastasia Kurakina
Located in London, GB
limited edition print gliceé canvas hand signed 2024 the canvas will be shipped rolled without stretcher bars/frame Anastasia Kurakina is an internationally renowned visual artist....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sexy Gifts

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Color, Digital, Laser, Giclée

HAPPY IN PINK Signed Lithograph, Abstract Figure, Black Yellow Red Lavender Aqua
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
HAPPY IN PINK is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid...
Category

1970s Abstract Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

The Chess Game Texture Print By Renowned Italian Artist Francesco Beda
By Francesco Beda
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL JUNE 15TH ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year-Take Advantage Of It* RESTORED, numbered and RARE Vintage Textured Print Afte...
Category

16th Century Expressionist Sexy Gifts

Materials

Handmade Paper

Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
By André Marchand
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category

1940s Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Rouault, Portrait, Divertissement (after)
By Georges Rouault
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Velin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Edition: 1,370. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Divertissement, 1943. Published by Tériade, Editions de la Revue Verve, Paris; printed by Draeger Freres, Paris, 1943. GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) French painter, printmaker, ceramicist, and maker of stained glass who, drawing inspiration from French medieval masters, united religious and secular traditions divorced since the Renaissance. Rouault was born in a cellar in Paris during a bombardment of the city by the forces opposed to the Commune. His father was a cabinetmaker. A grandfather took an interest in art and owned a collection of Honoré Daumier’s lithographs...
Category

1940s Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Ruth Breton Playing, 24 Drawings by Henry Strater
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, 24 Drawings by Henry Strater, 1958. Publ...
Category

1950s Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Bert Stern Marilyn Monroe Day Glo Colors Avant Garde Last Photos Bel Air Hotel
By Bert Stern
Located in Nantucket, MA
This set of 12 Serigraphs , each mounted on board, was published in Avant Garde Magazine in March, 1968. Avant Garde magazine only published 14 issues between January 1968 and July 1...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

GOING TO CHURCH Signed Lithograph, Southern Landscape, African American Heritage
By William Tolliver
Located in Union City, NJ
GOING TO CHURCH was the very first limited edition print created by the self-taught African American artist William Tolliver (b.1951-2000) in 1987. GOING TO CHURCH is an original hand drawn lithograph (not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free, using hand lithography techniques. William Tolliver 's recognizable artistic style freely combines the colors of Chagall with the solid compositional principles of Cezanne and the mood and forms reminiscent of Modigliani and Picasso. GOING TO CHURCH depicts a Southern Landscape with a group of black country folk - three females clothed in long dresses, and two youths wearing blue jeans, all walking on their way to religious services. The black textured drawing background defines the composition's frame and outlines the rural landscape, trees, and sky with the procession of human figures in the foreground; a rainbow of multicolors creating a vibrant, almost stained-glass visual effect . GOING TO CHURCH is an impressive large horizontal landscape...
Category

1990s Contemporary Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

La Capeline de Paille d'Italie (The Italian Straw Hat).
By Henri Matisse
Located in Storrs, CT
La Capeline de Paille d'Italie (The Italian Straw Hat). 1923. Lithograph. Duthuit 430. 17 3/4 x 15 3/4 (sheet 23 1/8 x 17 7/8). Trial proof, apart fr...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Les Deux Magots
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms Les Deux Magots, 1985 etching and aquatint, ed. of 90 26 1/4 x 31 3/8 in. (66.7 x 79.9 cm)
Category

1980s Contemporary Sexy Gifts

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

NORTHWEST COAST MASK FS II.380
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
From the series Cowboys and Indians. Unique screenprint in colors, 1986, on Lenox Museum Board. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Published by Gaultney, Klineman Art, Inc., Ne...
Category

1980s Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Board, Screen

TEDDY ROOSEVELT FS II.386
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on Lenox museum board. From the Cowboys And Indians Portfolio. Hand signed and numbered lower front by Andy Warhol. Numbered 124/250 (there were also 50 AP's, 15 PP's, 15 HC's and 10 numbered in Roman numerals). Published by Gaultney, Klineman Art, Inc., New York. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. The artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity issued by Gallery Art included. All reasonable offers will be considered. In Cowboys and Indians, Warhol interspersed recognizable portraits of well-known American heroes with less familiar Native American images and motifs. It demonstrates his ironic commentary on America’s collective mythologizing of the historic West. Rather than portraying Native Americans within their historical landscape, Warhol chose to portray a romanticized version of the American West. The West that he chose to represent is familiar to everyone and can be seen in novels, films, and television series. Warhol’s Cowboys and Indians suite...
Category

1980s Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Board, Screen

Dans les Cendres (In the embers)
By Albert Besnard
Located in Storrs, CT
Dans les Cendres (In the embers). 1887. Delteil catalog 67 state iii. State after the plate was cut down and a second figure eliminated (the two earlier states are of the greatest rarity). Etching, drypoint and roulette. 16 3/4 x 12 1/8 (sheet 19 1/2 x 14). Edition 50. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 9 (1921): 254. A very rich impression with plate tone and drypoint burr, printed on simili-japon. Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co. This is one of the artist's most striking images. Signed in pencil. Housed in 25 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. Paul Albert Besnard, was an impressionist painter. In 1866, the seventeen-year-old son of artist parents began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts Paris. In 1874, Besnard won the important Prix de Rome, with which the academy distinguished young talent. A portion of the scholarship is a stay of several years in Rome. Besnard married Charlotte Dubray, a sculptress, during this time in Rome. The couple lived in England, where Besnard exhibited at the Royal Academy London, between 1881 and 1884. He became involved with English portrait painting during this period, which had a lasting influence on his work. In the years that followed, Besnard broke with the academic tradition. In 1886, he presented the portrait of Madame Roger Jourdain...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Sexy Gifts

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Calvin 1936, Christmas Series
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Of an edition of 10, this beautiful portrait by T. Hunter Elliott is a large-scale print on 25 mil. acid-free cotton fiber paper. Calvin 1936 is a classic portrait of a young gentl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

High Echelon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This bold work portrays a commanding brunette woman, exuding confidence and girl power, as she gracefully touches her hair. Adorned with exquisite necklaces...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment

Empire Maker
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Empire Maker bursts with the vibrant energy of a beautiful blonde woman who commands attention. Donning stylish sunglasses that conceal an air of mystery, she radiates confidence and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment

Creme Fraiche
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work depicts a captivating portrait that exudes power and allure. A confident brunette woman, donning a cream-colored travel suit and a vibrant red ribbon adorning her hair, emb...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment

John 1938, Christmas Series
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Of an edition of 10, this beautiful portrait by T. Hunter Elliott is a large-scale print on 25 mil. acid-free cotton fiber paper. John 1938 is a classic portrait of a young gentlem...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Winning Colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work portrays a striking brunette woman exuding confidence and boldness. Behind her, a kaleidoscope of colorful, entwined prize ribbons creates a captivating and dynamic backdro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment

Bold Venture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This captivating work offers a view into a vibrant world where elegance meets boldness. A beguiling woman, perched upon a balcony, commands attention with her coiffed short brown hai...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment

Palace Malice
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Malice Palace depicts an electrifying aura surrounding a powerful brunette woman, poised in a mesmerizing 3/4 pose that exudes an air of commanding authority. She is a vision of beau...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment

Large Triptych. Sister, Girlfriend, Cat And Still Life. Ltd. Ed. 7/25 On Dibond
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This triptych is a multi-panel composition featuring 3 UV prints on dibond aluminum of characters from the Diners series by Moldovan artist Natasha Lelenco. In this series, comprised...
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2010s Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Metal

Large Triptych. 3 Portraits After-dinner And Still Life. Ltd. Ed. 7/25 On Dibond
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This triptych is a multi-panel composition featuring 3 UV prints on dibond aluminum of characters from the Diners series by Moldovan artist Natasha Lelenco (The Mother, the Father an...
Category

2010s Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Metal

Portrait - Woodcut - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a woodcut realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century. Very Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Woodcut, Paper

PARIS RAGE Signed Lithograph, Three Women, Color Berets, Neckties, Eiffel Tower
By Robin Morris
Located in Union City, NJ
PARIS RAGE by the woman artist Robin Morris, is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Coventry Rag paper, 100% acid free. PARIS RAGE depicts a colorful, fun portrait of three young women in Paris...
Category

1980s Art Deco Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

"Self Portrait" by Bruce High Quality Foundation Pop Art Print Edition
By The Bruce High Quality Foundation
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bruce High Quality Foundation "Self Portrait (Sometimes That Just Happens)" 18" x 14" Signed edition of 50 (Signed on Certificate) 2014 What is a self-portrait of an anonymous a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sexy Gifts

Materials

Giclée

Sea Hero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking work portrays a captivating scene of nautical allure and immense power. A stunning blonde woman, exuding confidence and strength, stands before a backdrop of racing sai...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sexy Gifts

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment

Calvin 1936, Christmas Series
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Of an edition of 10, this beautiful portrait by T. Hunter Elliott is a large-scale print on 25 mil. acid-free cotton fiber paper. Calvin 1936 is a classic portrait of a young gentl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Marguerite Gautier - Lithograph By Paul Gavarni - mid 19th century
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Roma, IT
Marguerite Gautier is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in the mid-19th Century. Signed on the plate" Par Gavarni". From series of "Masques et Visages". Titled on the lower. Very Good conditions. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804 – 1866). Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul began work as mechanical work in a machine factory but he saw that to make any progress in his profession, he had to be able to draw; accordingly, in his spare time in the evenings, he took classes in drawing. He devoted his special attention to architectural and mechanical drawing and worked at land surveying...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Arman Duval - Lithograph By Paul Gavarni - mid 19th century
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Roma, IT
Arman Duval is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in the mid-19th Century. Signed on the plate" Par Gavarni". From series of "Masques et Visages". Titled on the lower. Very Good conditions. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804 – 1866). Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul began work as mechanical work in a machine factory but he saw that to make any progress in his profession, he had to be able to draw; accordingly, in his spare time in the evenings, he took classes in drawing. He devoted his special attention to architectural and mechanical drawing and worked at land surveying...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

La Veuve Arnold - Lithograph By Paul Gavarni - mid 19th century
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Roma, IT
La Veuve Arnold is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in the mid-19th Century. Signed on the plate" Par Gavarni". From series of "Masques et Visages". Titled on the lower. Very Good conditions. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804 – 1866). Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul began work as mechanical work in a machine factory but he saw that to make any progress in his profession, he had to be able to draw; accordingly, in his spare time in the evenings, he took classes in drawing. He devoted his special attention to architectural and mechanical drawing and worked at land surveying...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

Femme au Mouchoir, Cubist Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Femme au Mouchoir". The original painting was completed in 1937. In the 1970's after Picasso...
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1980s Cubist Sexy Gifts

Materials

Lithograph

19th century color lithograph portraits ship seascape patriotic flags military
By Nathaniel Currier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present hand-colored lithograph is an excellent example of patriotic mid-nineteenth century American imagery. The print shows the battle and several of the major figures involved in the Battle of Lake Erie: At the center is a view of several frigates on the lake, embroiled in conflict. Above the battle is the quotation: "We have met the enemy and they are ours." Surrounding are laurel-lined roundels with portraits of Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), Stephen Dicateur (1779-1820), Johnston Blakeley (1871-1814), William Bainbridge (1774-1833), David Porter (1780-1843), and James Lawrence (1781-1813) - all of these framed by American flags, banners and cannons. This print shows that the Battle of Lake Erie, part of the War of 1812, still held resonance for American audiences several decades later and was part of the larger narrative of the founding of the country. 9.5 x 13.5 inches, artwork 20 x 23.38 inches, frame Entitled in the image Signed in the stone, lower left "Lith. and Pub. by N. Currier" Inscribed lower right "2 Spruce N.Y." and "No. 1" Copyrighted lower center "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 by N. Currier in the Clerk's office of the Southern District of N.Y." Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and housed in a gold gilded moulding. Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...
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