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.
$1,765
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
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
$8,500
H 27 in W 35 in
THOMAS MORAN Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hermit Rim Road 1912 Chromolithograph
By Thomas Moran
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
IN PRISTINE CONDITION. A color Chromolithograph published by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in 1912 after the original oil painting, “Gr...
Paper, Lithograph
$2,213
H 24 in W 24 in D 1 in
We Are the Jocular Clan (6) Hand Signed Lithograph, Framed, 122/300
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Aventura, FL
Offset lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper. Hand signed lower right by Takashi Murakami. Hand numbered 122/300 lower right. Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo. Artwo...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Octopus / Squid, from Our Unfinished Revolution
By Alexander Calder
Located in Naples, Florida
Lithograph from the portfolio Our Unfinished Revolution Edition of 250 Signed and dated in the print Printed by Mourlot, Paris Published by Alba E...
Paper, Lithograph
$3,774
H 29.26 in W 19.26 in
100 Affiches Pablo Picasso Stone Lithograph Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Dubai, Dubai
100 Affiches Pablo Picasso Lithograph Poster Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and co-founder of the Cubist movement, which revolutionized European painting and sculptu...
Lithograph, Linen
$4,744
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
$5,059
H 30.32 in W 24.41 in D 2.37 in
Lucio Fontana ( 1899 - 1968 ) - Nudo - etching on paper - 1964
By Lucio Fontana
Located in Varese, IT
Etching on handmade paper, edited in 1964. Limited edition, numbered 33/102 in lower left corner. Hand signed by artist in pencil in the lower right corner. Paper size: 63 x 45 cm...
Paper, Etching, Lithograph
$3,650
H 37 in W 27.75 in
Paul Jenkins Phenomena: Catherine Wheel Signed Abstract Lithograph
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Paul Jenkins Title: Phenomena: Catherine Wheel Medium: Lithograph Mounted to Linen Board Image: 37" x 27.75" Frame: 45.25" x 35.75" Year: 1969 Edition: 16/300 Inscription: Si...
Lithograph, Linen, Board
$550
H 12 in W 9 in D 0.5 in
Will Barnet: A Timeless World (hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed)
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
Will Barnet: A Timeless World (hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed), 2000 Softback monograph with stiff wraps (hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed) Hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed to Margo by Will Barnet on the half title page 12 × 9 × 1/2 inches We believe the colleague Margo refers to renowned African American artist Margo Humphrey, who also worked at the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking with Will Barnet. The full inscription reads: Sep 21 2000 To my colleague -Margo- with appreciation and affection Will Barnet Book information: Published by the Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey and Distributed by Rutgers University Press English; Paperback; 124 pages containing 43 color and 20 black-and-white illustrations Publisher's blurb: Painter and printmaker Will Barnet has actively participated in the New York art world for nearly 70 years. A leading figure in the Indian Space painting movement of the late 1940s, Barnet stressed the spatial structures of Northwest Coast Indian art. Throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s, he made a series of hardedged, totemic abstractions marked by their "all-positive" space, which he described as austere, classical expressions of Indian culture. He then moved on to new art forms in the 1960s and 1970s, creating a series of family and art world portraits that achieved a remarkable balance between the formal demands of abstraction and the humanist aspects of representation. Will Barnet: A Timeless World is the first substantial publications to unify Barnet's prodigious output. Art historian Gail Stavitsky provides an overview of this artist's entire career. Twig Johnson, the museum's curator of Native American Art, discusses the relationship of Barnet's work to this important indigenous artistic tradition. Jessica Nicoll, chief curator at the Portland Museum of Art, explores the profound impact of New England upon Barnet and his work. Many of Barnet's works are beautifully reproduced in this catalog, containing 43 color and 20 black-and-white illustrations. More about Will Barnet: Will Barnet was born in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1911. He has taught and exhibited widely over his more than seventy-five year career. His works are in the collection of virtually every American museum, including locally The Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Whitney Museum of American. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In fall 2011 the National Academy Museum will present a retrospective exhibition being organized by Bruce Weber. Barnet is represented exclusively by Alexandre Gallery...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$69,500
H 25.25 in W 36.125 in
Untitled (Plate 6) Lithograph on Arches Paper, Signed, Pop Art, 1982
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
From Untitled 1-6, Keith Haring's first series of printed works. Lithograph on Arches paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered in red crayon by the artist. Published by Barbara Gladsto...
Paper, Lithograph
The Paint Horse: Van Gogh
By Robert Deyber
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paint Horse: Van Gogh is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 160/275 (there were also 100 Roman an...
Paper, Lithograph
$17,200
H 31.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
Nu Assis (Lust 53) Hand Signed Lithograph, Expressionist, 1960s
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on Rives BFK paper. Hand signed lower right by Alberto Giacometti. Hand numbered 95/100 lower left. Lust 53. Printed by Gemini Ltd., Los Angeles for the Graphic Arts Co...
Paper, 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