Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

1919-1993

Edward Marecak was an American painter who was born in 1919. Growing up in the farming community of Brunswick, Ohio, he showed early artistic promise, hired by the National Youth Administration to document historic barns. In 1946, Marecak came to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center for a year and after a semester interlude at Cranbrook returned to study lithography with Lawrence Barrett. There he also met his future wife and sometime collaborator, ceramicist Theresa Madonna Fortin. Given the opportunity to teach a summer course at the University of Colorado, he decided to obtain a teaching certificate at the University of Denver and subsequently embarked on his 25-year career in the Denver Public School system. Rather than pursue fame, Edward Marecak directed his zeal toward fostering younger generations in the principles of art as well as his simple philosophies. Moreover, his teaching salary allowed him to ply his prodigious talent at whatever he pleased, instead of bending to the dictates of trends and sales. Having inherited his faith in education from his Slovakian immigrant parents, Marecak could add the shaping of lives to his mastery of art forms, including lithographs, monoprints, drawings, hooked rugs, ceramics, paintings, wood sculptures, stained-glass windows and jewelry. While exhibiting in his lifetime, he was, in his wife’s words, “his own greatest collector”, but shows and his popularity at the Kirkland Museum have positioned Marecak posthumously among Colorado’s pre-eminent modernists. As a child, Marecak was enthralled by the Carpathian tales of magic and supernatural beings told by his grandmother. As with other artists with roots in Eastern Europe, his artistic turn to folk tradition would free him from learned practices of perspective and modeling in favor of flat patterns within patterns and brilliant, throbbing color. While others ventured further into abstraction, Marecak stylized figurative elements into crowded compositions that appeared like a mosaic or stained glass. As he matured, he could declare, “I am still very much a Byzantine designer and my joy with what color can do grows all the time”. The traceries of strong outlines and bold shapes provide compartments for vibrant colors, contrasts and rough textures that can scarcely be contained. The Kirkland Museum staged a retrospective of Edward and Donna Marecak in 2007.

Artist: Edward Marecak

Edward MarecakEdward Marecak Mid Century Abstract Geometric Woodcut Color Print Fine Art, circa 1960-1980

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Edward Marecak Mid Century Abstract Geometric Woodcut Color Print Fine Art

By Edward Marecak

Located in Denver, CO

This original mid-century woodcut print by Edward Marecak demonstrates the artist’s interest in bold geometry, structured composition, and strong color relationships. The work reflec...

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20th Century Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Robyn DennyGenerations 8, 1978

$1,283

H 21 in W 28 in

Generations 8

By Robyn Denny

Located in London, GB

Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Color, Etching, Aquatint

Max BillUntitled from "Kinderstern" - Max Bill, Hard Edge, Color Field, Bright Colors, 1989

$2,262

H 29.93 in W 22.84 in

Untitled from "Kinderstern" - Max Bill, Hard Edge, Color Field, Bright Colors

By Max Bill

Located in Köln, DE

Screenprint by Max Bill. From the portfolio "Kinderstern". No Title, 1989 76 x 58 cm Copy 61/100 Edition of 100 (approx.)

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1980s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Kimber SmithKimber Smith - Abstract Expressionist Geometric Abstraction signed/n lithograph, 1967

$2,800

H 25 in W 29.75 in

Kimber Smith - Abstract Expressionist Geometric Abstraction signed/n lithograph

By Kimber Smith

Located in New York, NY

KIMBER SMITH Untitled Abstract Expressionist Geometric Abstraction, 1967 Lithograph on Rives paper 25 × 19 3/5 inches Signed in silver marker on the front; numbered in pencil from th...

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1960s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Josef AlbersJosef Albers -Deluxe Hand Signed edition Munich Olympic Silkscreen Op Art 63/200, 1972

$10,000

H 40 in W 25.5 in

Josef Albers -Deluxe Hand Signed edition Munich Olympic Silkscreen Op Art 63/200

By Josef Albers

Located in New York, NY

This work is NOT to be confused with a separate poster edition, which is on different quality paper and bears a printed signature. This is the much-coveted HAND SIGNED and numbered edition. Josef Albers Large: Munich 1972 Olympic Games (Danilowitz 213), 1970 Color silkscreen on 250-gram Schöllers Hammer paper. Signed, dated and numbered 63/200 in graphite pencil on the front 40 inches (vertical) × 25 1/2 inches (horizontal) Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Danilowitz, 213 Unframed Pencil signed and numbered 63/200 - silkscreen from the Deluxe, hand signed edition on Schollers hammer paper (aside from the unsigned regular edition of 4000 on wove paper) Printed by Sirocco Screenprints, New Haven. Published by Ives-Sillman, Inc., New Haven, for Edition Olympia 72 By Josef Albers - famous color theorist and longtime influential head of the Yale University Art Department. It features Albers signature ‘cinetic window’, and is an impressive piece of art and sports history. This is one of only 200 hand signed, dated and numbered prints - (NOT to be confused with the open poster edition of the same image on different paper, which, unlike the present work, only bears the artist's printed signature.) The present work was created in 1970 for the 1972 Munich Olympics. In anticipation of hosting the 1972 summer Olympics, Germany sought to create a positive image for itself. As Arnold Schwarzenegger would write in his memoir "Holding the Olympic Games in Munich was meant to symbolize West Germany's transformation and reemergence in to the community of nations as a modern democratic power". The Munich Olympics were billed as "the happy games" - a term that would become tragically ironic. In spite of, or rather because of, the ruthless killing of Israeli athletes by terrorists during the Munich Olympics, prints like this Albers silkscreen have become a powerful symbol of the enduring power of art to bring cultures together and promote peace. This Josef Albers Olympic...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Josef Albers"Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers" - Abstract, Set, Square, 1962

$62,981

H 16.93 in W 16.93 in

"Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers" - Abstract, Set, Square

By Josef Albers

Located in Köln, DE

Set of 10 colour screenprints by Josef Albers. Edition of 250 copies on Mohawk Superfine Bristol. Sheet dimensions each: 43 x 43 cm Illustrations each: 28 x 28 cm All works labell...

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1960s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Kenneth NolandArt Card: Kenneth Noland - 1975 Andre Emmerich invitation, Hand signed by Noland, 1984

$1,500

H 6 in W 9 in

Art Card: Kenneth Noland - 1975 Andre Emmerich invitation, Hand signed by Noland

By Kenneth Noland

Located in New York, NY

Offset lithograph invitation Hand signed and dated '84 by Kenneth Noland in ink on the front This invitation was published on the occasion of the 1975 exhibition "Kenneth Noland New ...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Lithograph

Alexander CalderAlexander Calder - Original Lithograph - from "Derrière le miroir", 1976

$1,371

H 14.97 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in

Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - from "Derrière le miroir"

By Alexander Calder

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Alexander Calder - Original Lithograph - from "Derriere le Miroir"Behind the Mirror 1976 Condition: Good Condition Dimensions: 38 x 56 cm Source: Derrière le miroir (DLM), n°141, 1...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ludwig SanderGeometric Abstraction Color field silkscreen signed Artists Proof, Museum Frame, 1970

$3,000

H 31 in W 28.5 in D 2.25 in

Geometric Abstraction Color field silkscreen signed Artists Proof, Museum Frame

By Ludwig Sander

Located in New York, NY

LUDWIG SANDER Untitled geometric abstraction Artists Proof, aside from the regular edition of 90 Hand signed and annotated AP on the front Elegantly matted and framed in white wood m...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Arnaldo PomodoroUntitled for Art and Research, Etching on paper, Signed, One of 15 Artist Proofs, 2003

$2,000

H 8.7 in W 8.7 in

Untitled for Art and Research, Etching on paper, Signed, One of 15 Artist Proofs

By Arnaldo Pomodoro

Located in New York, NY

Arnaldo Pomodoro Untitled for Art and Research (Catalogue #: GR/114), 2003 Etching on wove paper Signed and annotated p.a. (Proof). One of 15 Artist Proofs, aside from the regular ed...

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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Joan MiróJoan Miro - Original Lithograph, 1976

$1,374

H 12.6 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in

Joan Miro - Original Lithograph

By Joan Miró

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Joan Miro - Original Lithograph 1976 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Revue XXe Siècle Reference : Mourlot 1106 Edition: Cahiers d'art published under the direction of G. di San Lazzaro. Unsi...

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1970s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Peter HalleyPeter Halley - Jablonka Galerie Köln rare exhibition print Hand Signed by Halley, 1990

$1,000

H 35 in W 6 in D 6 in

Peter Halley - Jablonka Galerie Köln rare exhibition print Hand Signed by Halley

By Peter Halley

Located in New York, NY

Peter Halley Jablonka Galerie, Köln (Hand Signed), 1990 Offset lithograph (Hand Signed by Peter Halley) 26 1/2 × 30 inches (ships rolled in a tube 37 x 6 x 6) Signed by Peter Halley ...

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1990s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Cheryl R. RileyKaleidoscope: Untitled, Digital Art, Hot pink & Indigo - Purple Abstract Pattern, 2021

$350

H 24 in W 24 in

Kaleidoscope: Untitled, Digital Art, Hot pink & Indigo - Purple Abstract Pattern

By Cheryl R. Riley

Located in Jersey City, NJ

Digital art print on Lex Jet, 170 gram Satin Stock paper Hot pink and purple - indigo abstract geometric kaleidoscope pattern made as abstractions of t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Digital

Previously Available Items

Edward MarecakLines and Shapes (6/8), Mid Century Modern Framed Black White Abstract Print

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H 17.75 in W 21.75 in D 0.5 in

Lines and Shapes (6/8), Mid Century Modern Framed Black White Abstract Print

By Edward Marecak

Located in Denver, CO

Lithograph on paper by Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919-1993) titled "Lines and Shapes", number 6 in an edition of 8. Presented framed, outer dimensions measure 17 ⅞ x 21 ⅞ x ⅜ inc...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Edward MarecakFish, Semi Abstract Mid-Century Modern Colored Woodblock Woodcut, Pink Orange, circa 1950-1970

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H 10.75 in W 15.5 in D 1.5 in

Fish, Semi Abstract Mid-Century Modern Colored Woodblock Woodcut, Pink Orange

By Edward Marecak

Located in Denver, CO

Fish, original vintage midcentury modern style circa 1950s - 1970s semi abstract geometric woodcut (woodblock print) on linen by 20th century Denver, Colorado artist Edward Marecak (...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Edward Marecak Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

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