Dee Shapiro Figurative Prints

Royal Hotel - New Orleans 1920s Depression Art Lithograph in Ink on Paper Dramatic street scene with a man wearing a trench coat and hat by Robert J We...

Alexander CALDER Flying Colors : Plane under Red Sun, 1976 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On light vellum 58 x 83 cm (c. 23 x 33 in) INFORMATION : Calder create...

Mexican Babysitter Millard Owen Sheets, American (1907–1989) Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP Image Size: 24 x 11 inches

Benton Spruance, 'Girl with Hands to Face', two-color lithograph, 1940, edition 30, Fine and Looney 180. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Ed. 30' in pencil. A superb impression, on cr...

GEORGE SCHREIBER (1904 – 1977) WITHOUT A NET c. 1944 Lithograph, signed in pencil lower right. Image 8 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches, sheet 10 5/8 x 15 ½ inches.Edition approximately 250 as p...

Al Hirschfeld, 'Kris Dancer, Bali', color lithograph, 1941, edition 1,000. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, clean impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, the ful...

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 'Dancing', lithograph, 1928, edition 30, Davis L-29. Signed, dated, and numbered '8/30' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, printed on cream chine appliqué on heavy off-white wove backing; the full sheet with wide margins (1 3/8 to 4 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by Desjobert, Paris. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Impressions of this work are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of Modern Art, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi Museum (Japan). ABOUT THIS WORK The French economy boomed from 1921 until the Great Depression reached Paris in 1931. This period called 'Les années folles' or the 'Crazy Years', saw Paris reestablished as a capital of art, music, literature, and cinema. Paris in the 1920s and 1930s was the home and meeting place of some of the world's most prominent painters, sculptors, composers, dancers, poets, and writers. For those in the arts, it was, as Ernest Hemingway described it, "A moveable feast". Paris was home to an exceptional number of galleries, art dealers, and a network of wealthy patrons who offered commissions and held salons. Pablo Picasso, perhaps the most famous artist in Paris, shared renown with a remarkable group of others, including the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, the Belgian René Magritte, the Italian Amedeo Modigliani, the Russian émigré Marc Chagall, the Catalan and Spanish artists Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Juan Gris, and the German surrealist...

Caroline Durieux's image captures a lone figure in her garden in this southern plantation in Louisiana. "Plantation Garden" is a lithograph created by Durieux in 1946 in an edition of 20. It is signed in pencil. Durieux shared her feeling about this piece with these reflections. “The spectrum analysis of satire runs from the red of invective at one end to the violet of the most delicate irony at the other.” David Worcester 16, "The Art of Satire". The feeling expressed in Plantation Garden is that of a dirge with ironic overtones; it is sad, nostalgic yet satirical. The bent figure of the old lady, the ancient trees, the static moss, all seem to belong to the past; even the lady is old. For contrast, a ray of late afternoon sun lights up the only young note in the picture: perennials in the foreground. When “we are satirical and we are friendly at the same time, the consciousness of the friendship gives a regretful and tender touch to the satire, and the sting of the satire makes the friendship a trifle humble and sad.” George Santayna 255, "The Sense of Beauty". This concept of satire mixed with friendship comes closer to humor because there is less censure involved. In "Plantation Garden", the satire is tempered by a feeling of empathy. Caroline Durieux (American, 1896 – 1989) Printmaker, painter, satirist, innovator, social activist, Caroline Durieux was born in New Orleans and was already making sketches by the age of four. Her formal art training was at Newcomb College (1912-1917) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1918-1920). Carl Zigrosser of the Philadelphia Museum of Art encouraged Durieux to try lithography. While living in Mexico, she learned lithography from Emilio Amero...

Picking Salt by Dorothy Dell Dennison, American (1908–1994) Date: circa 1970 Lithograph, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition of 100 Size: 24 in. x 36 in. (60.96 cm x 91.44 cm)

The title, The Wave, lends itself to suggesting that the woman (with her long, flowing hair) is personifying the wave. Or is she one with the wave? Is she push...

Man with Mask Lithograph, 1969 Signed in pencil by the artist 95/100 Printed by Lucien Detruit, Paris Published by AAA, New York Reference: AAA Index No. 60 Condition: Mint Image siz...

‘Help RCA Help USA, Beat the Promise, You and I Beat the Promise,’ original WWII antique vintage military poster. In the foreground are two clasped hand...