Herbert Matter was a Swiss-born American photographer and graphic designer. He was born in Engelberg, on April 25, 1907. Matter studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and the Académie Moderne in Paris with Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant. He worked with Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, Le Corbusier and Deberny & Peignot. In 1932, he returned to Zürich, where he designed posters for the Swiss National Tourist Office and Swiss resorts. The travel posters won instant international acclaim for his pioneering use of photomontage combined with the typeface. He went to the United States in 1936 and was hired by legendary art director Alexey Brodovitch. He soon started working for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and other magazines. In the 1940s, photographers, including Irving Penn, used Vogue’s studios at 480 Lexington Avenue for shooting the advertising work commissioned by outside clients. The practice was at first tolerated but by 1950 it was banned because it interfered with Vogue’s interests and was a severe handicap to their editorial operations. In response to this, Matter and three other Condé Nast photographers, Serge Balkin, Constantin Joffé and Geoffrey Baker left to establish Studio Enterprises Inc. in the former House & Garden studio on 37th Street. From 1946–66, Matter was a design consultant with Knoll Associates and worked closely with Charles and Ray Eames. From 1952–76, he was a professor of photography at Yale University and from 1958–68 he served as design consultant to Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. He was elected to the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 1977, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in photography in 1980 and the American Institute of Graphic Arts medal in 1983. As a photographer, Matter won acclaim for his purely visual approach. A master technician, he used every method available to achieve his vision of light, form and texture. Manipulation of the negative, retouching, cropping, enlarging and light drawing are some of the techniques he used to achieve the fresh form he sought in his still lifes, landscapes, nudes and portraits. As a filmmaker, he directed two films on his friend Alexander Calder, namely Sculptures and Constructions in 1944 and Works of Calder with music by John Cage for the Museum of Modern Art in 1950. Close friends of Matter and his wife Mercedes were the painters Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, fellow Swiss photographer Robert Frank and Alberto Giacometti. Matter's wife Mercedes was the daughter of the American modernist painter Arthur Beecher Carles, and was herself the chief founder of the New York Studio School. “The absence of pomposity was characteristic of this guy”, said another designer, Paul Rand, about Matter. His creative life was devoted to narrowing the gap between the so-called fine and applied arts. Matter died on May 8, 1984, in Southampton, New York.
$1,798
1974 original poster for the retrospective exhibition of Alberto Giacometti
By Herbert Matter
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1974 original poster for the retrospective exhibition of Alberto Giacometti at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York is a remarkable piece that blends fine art and masterf...
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
"The Waiting" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Waiting" - 1977 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper Surrealist lithograph titled "The Waiting" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947-). Black and white surrealist figures take up the pape...
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
MICKEY FROM HEAD TO TOE
By Romero Britto
Located in Aventura, FL
Original, limited edition offset lithograph in colors on paper. Published by Walt Disney Art Classics. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonabl...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
OR DUR OR AISON
By Roberto Matta
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Edition of 175. All...
Lithograph, Paper
$1,250
H 12.5 in W 9.75 in D 0.75 in
Cornucopia (limited edition hardback monograph hand signed by Damien Hirst)
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst Cornucopia, 2010 Limited edition hardback monograph (hand signed by Damien Hirst) Hand signed in ink by Damien Hirst on the first front end page 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 3/4 inches This limited edition illustrated hardback monograph, with no dust jacket, exactly as issued, was published on the occasion of the artist's show at Musee Oceanographique de Monaco in April 2010, 'Cornucopia' celebrates Hirst's paintings and sculptures from 1994-2009." This book was gifted by Damien Hirst to a member of an American Rock & Roll band that Hirst befriended. Stated Limited Edition of 2000 (unnumbered) About the book: Publisher: Musée Océanographique de Monaco, 2010 Text: English / French. 160 pgs with color illustrations Limited Edition: 2000 (the regular edition is not signed; this was exceptionally hand signed by Hirst) About Damien Hirst: People are afraid of change, so you create a kind of belief for them through repetition. It’s like breathing. I’ve always been drawn to series and pairs. A unique thing is quite a frightening object. —Damien Hirst Since emerging onto the international art scene in the late 1980s, Damien Hirst has created installations, sculptures, paintings, and drawings that examine the complex relationships between art and beauty, religion and science, and life and death. From serialized paintings of multicolored spots to animal specimens...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2012 Offset lithograph in colours on wove paper 80 x 60 cm Signed in black in by Tracey Emin Published by Turner Contemporary Accompanied by a gallery Certificate of Authenticity Tr...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Two Pembroke Studio Chairs
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
A striking original lithograph from Hockney's popular The Moving Focus series with Cubist influences. Hockney depicts his studio interior with varying perspectives, shadows, views an...
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Life Will Never Be The Same (Nor Should It)
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2022 Lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm paper 94 x 74 cm Edition of 50 Signed, numbered, dated and titled by Tracey Emin Published by Counter Studio, Margate Tracey Emi...
Paper, Lithograph
$539
H 13.78 in W 19.69 in
Leo by Marcelo Martin Burgos - Lithograph, animal, childhood, imagination, wings
By Marcelo Martin Burgos
Located in Paris, FR
Leo is a lithograph (2 colours, gold leaf on Fabriano 50% cotton 300 g paper) by contemporary artist Marcelo Martin Burgos, dimensions are 35 × 50 cm (13.8 × 19.7 in). The lithograp...
Gold Leaf
Marching on a Butterbur Leaf
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Lithograph, Linen, Paper
Beatles Yellow Submarine Pop Art Poster, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Beatles Yellow Submarine Movie poster after Peter Max Peter Max is a German-American artist known for his colourful, psychedelic pop art, whi...
Lithograph, Linen
$1,800
H 11 in W 12 in D 2 in
Limited Signed Deluxe Monograph with Slipcase (signed & numbered by Sam Francis)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
SAM FRANCIS: Limited Signed Deluxe Edition (Hand signed and numbered by Sam Francis), 1982 Deluxe limited edition hardback monograph with cloth boards, held in special slipcase of ts...
Silk, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
$4,729
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
Menton by Constantin 1960 Vintage French TRAVEL POSTER by Terechkovitch
By Constantin Terechkovitch
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Menton by Constantin 1960 vintage French TRAVEL POSTER By Terechkovitch Georges Terechkovitch (1908-1993) was a French artist of Russi...
Linen, Lithograph
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H 39.97 in W 24.81 in D 0.04 in
By Swissair to Amsterdam & Rotterdam – Original Swiss Vintage Airline Poster
By Herbert Matter
Located in Zurich, CH
Original Vintage Travel Poster by the prolific Swiss designer and photographer Herbert Matter that pioneered the art of photomontage in Switzerland due to his constant and ingenious ...
Paper