George Earl Ortman Art

Artist: (after) Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018) Title: "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (LOVE)" Year: 1972 (First edition) Medium: Original Screenprint, Exhibition Poster on heav...

Roy Lichtenstein Moonscape Silkscreen from Banner, 1969 Silkscreen on fold out card. WIth additional (removable) sleeve with greeting and text from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation 9 ...

Plaza by Eduardo Paolozzi is an exemplar of early pop art dynamism. Printed in black and white and packed with geometric forms, the composition contains references to maps, machinery...

Hero as a Riddle (1963) depicts a smiling head printed in gold, silver, and black. The shapes and lines composing the figure’s face are architectural and geometric: the eyes are comp...

Robert RAUSCHENBERG Cardbirds, 1972 exhibition, rare original poster For the exhibition "Cardbirds" at the Sonnabend Gallery Signed in the plate framed in walnut. 21 x26.5" framed. ...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 157, 1966. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...

"The Barefoot Lumberjack" Etching from "Les Ames Mortes" by Marc Chagall Playful etching of a lumberjack by Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887-1985). A stout lumberjack is shown holing his...

"Up Against the War Motherland" UC Berkeley Workshop April 26, 1970 Screenprint on computer paper 14.75"x22" unframed Unsigned Poster is printed on tracto...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 157, 1966. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Entablature IV" Portfolio: Entablature Series *Signed and dated by Lichtenstein in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Screenprint and Collaged mat pink Metallic Foil with Embossing on Rives BFK paper Limited edition: 14/30, (there were also 9 artist's proofs) Printer: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, NY Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, NY Reference: "The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997" - Corlett No. 141, page 144; PCN 7 (July-August 1976); "Tyler Graphics Catalogue Raisonné 1974-1985" - Tyler No. 337:RL5, page 210 Framing: Framed in a contemporary white moulding with plexiglass and matted with a custom hand-wrapped 8 ply linen mat Framed size: 39.5" x 55" Sheet size: 29.19" x 44.82" Image size: 20.19" x 38" Condition: Some light cosmetic wear to frame; presently no hanging wire. The artwork is in mint condition Very rare Notes: Provenance: private company collection - Miami, FL, acquired directly from the publisher Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, NY in the 1970's. Numbered by Lichtenstein in pencil lower left. Comes from Lichtenstein's 1976 "Entablature Series" portfolio of 11 prints, (Corlett No. 138-148). Printed in six colors, in seven runs, from five screens, and one embossing plate. Collaboration: Kenneth Tyler (project supervision, plate/screen preparation, proofing, collage, and embossing); Kim Halliday (screen preparation and processing, proofing, and edition printing); Betty Fiske (proofing and edition printing). Swan Engraving processed the magnesium plate. Tyler Graphics Ltd. chop mark/blind stamp lower right. Workshop number inscribed in pencil lower left on verso: "RL75-197". Comes with its original Tyler Graphics "Entablature Series" booklet. Between 1971 and 1976 Lichtenstein produced two series of "Entablature" paintings, using photographs of architectural ornament he had taken in New York as the starting point for his compositions (see Cowart [1981]). The first "Entablature" paintings (1971-72) were black and white. The second group used color and were produced at roughly the same time the "Entablature" series of prints were in production at Tyler Graphics Ltd., 1974-76. The first discussions between Lichtenstein and Ken Tyler concerning the "Entablature" prints took place in May, 1974. As recorded in the Tyler catalogue raisonne, technical research for the project began in September 1974 and production was completed in April 1976. Lichtenstein produced one or more collages for each print in the series to serve as models for the plates and screens. Both the "Entablature" paintings and prints are intimately concerned with texture - the metallic paint and sand of the paintings, the foils and embossing/debossing techniques employed in the prints. The imagery itself - machined architectural ornament - takes technology as its subject. As Barbara Rose suggests, "That industrialism disrupted our notion of style as much as reproduction altered our conception of representation appears to be the subjects of Lichtenstein's "Entablatures". For each print in this series, the Tyler Graphics Ltd. catalogue raisonne gives exact method and press types, as well as the initials of the printers for each run. To complete certain phases of the project, Tyler employed the following companies: Drake Engineering, Danbury, CT (for machining of the metal die); Swan Engraving, Bridgeport, CT (for plate processing); Tallix Foundry, Beacon, NY (for bronze casting); and Tompkins Tooling, Gardena, CA (for machining of the metal die). The ten embossing plates for the series are now in the collection of the National Gallery, Canberra, Australia. Biography: American artist Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City on October 27, 1923, and grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side. In the 1960s, Lichtenstein became a leading figure of the new Pop Art movement. Inspired by advertisements and comic strips, Lichtenstein's bright, graphic works parodied American popular culture and the art world itself. He died in New York City on September 29, 1997. Lichtenstein was committed to his art until the end of his life, often spending at least 10 hours a day in his studio. His work was acquired by major museum collections around the world, and he received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the National Medal of Arts in 1995. In 2013 the painting "Woman with Flowered Hat" set another record at $56.1 million as it was purchased by British jeweler Laurence Graff from American investor Ronald O. Perelman. This was topped in November of 2015 by the sale of "Nurse" for 95.4 million dollars at Christie's auction. Subsequently, that was topped with the private sale of his 1962 painting...

L.A.! HOLLYWOOD is a handmade limited edition color lithograph with metallic gold silkscreen accents created by the American artist Alex Echo. L.A.! HOLLYWOOD was printed using traditional hand lithography and serigraphy(silkscreen) techniques on archival ARCHES printmaking paper 100% acid free. L.A.! HOLLYWOOD is a humorous Pop Art...

Artist: Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018) Title: "The Calumet" Portfolio: The American Dream *Issued unsigned Year: 1997 Medium: Original Screenprint on Coventry paper Limited edition: 395, (there were also 30 artist's proofs) Printer: Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier, El Segundo, CA Publisher: Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier, El Segundo, CA Sheet size: 22" x 16.75" Image size: 15.07" x 14" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Düsseldorf, Germany. Comes from Indiana's 1997 "The American Dream" book portfolio of thirty screenprints. Printed in three colors. Text on verso of the following work as issued. Robert Indiana's 1997 black leather-covered book portfolio "The American Dream" was printed and published with 30 screenprints: 6 loose each signed and numbered and 24 bound not signed and numbered, as issued. Forward by Susan Ryan, text by Michael McKenzie and poems by Robert Creeley. The book was issued within a white cardboard packing box with red and black lettering. This image is based of Indiana's 1971 screenprint edition "The Calumet", (Sheehan No. 64, page 43), from his 1971 "Decade" series, (Sheehan No. 63-72, page 42-44). The prints in that portfolio reproduce one of Indiana's paintings from each year of the 1960's. The bear they same titles as the corresponding paintings. "The Calumet" is a 1961, 90" x 84", oil on canvas painting which is within the permanent collection of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. "The Calumet", derived from Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha", reflects Indiana's ongoing involvement with American literary associations and sources. As interpreted, by Indiana, the schematized image of the red clay peace-pipe smoked by the Indians in Longfellow's poem symbolizes mankind's potential to eradicate war. - (Sheehan page 9). Seven stars for seven spheres...