Howard Kanovitz Art
American, 1929-2009
Howard Kanovitz was a pioneering painter in the Photorealist and Hyperrealist Movements, which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s in response to the abstract art movement.
Howard Kanovitz, born in Fall River, Massachusetts, began painting in 1949, after an early career as a jazz trombonist. He studied at The Rhode Island School of Design and at The Art Students League in Woodstock with Yasu Kunyyoshi, before moving to New York City and apprenticing with Franz Kline.to
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Artist: Howard Kanovitz
Looking at Me, photorealist art Signed twice with heart drawing and inscription
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in New York, NY
Howard Kanovitz
Looking at Me (Signed twice with heart drawing and inscription), 1981
Colour Lambda print on vellum
Pencil signed and annotated Artist Proof (AP) by artist on the fro...
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1980s Photorealist Howard Kanovitz Art
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Ink, Lithograph
Howard Kanovitz, "The Ground Above Us", Color photorealist lithograph, Signed/N
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in New York, NY
Howard Kanovitz
The Ground Above Us, 1980
Color lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges by renowned photo realist pioneer
Signed and numbered from the limited edition of 175 in ...
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1980s Photorealist Howard Kanovitz Art
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Lithograph
Kanovitz Surrealist cityscape street scene with pedestrians and geometric forms
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in New York, NY
A surreal juxtaposition of geometric forms and uncannily realistic pedestrians forms the composition of this moody screen print. Framed by a flat of charcoal grey, a man in shadow i...
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Late 20th Century Realist Howard Kanovitz Art
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Screen
Kanovitz Andre champagne: vintage 1970s wood grain still life pop art style
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in New York, NY
This richly-hued screenprint depicts the ripped-open box packaging for Andre Champagne Cellars. On the side of the box is printed "Cold Duck," referri...
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Late 20th Century Realist Howard Kanovitz Art
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Screen
The People, signed 3D photo realist mixed media sculpture of people viewing art
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in New York, NY
Howard Kanovitz
The People, 1971
3-5 Mixed Media Silkscreen on Plexiglas and aluminum base
Signed: Artist's Signature etched on the work and annotated A.P., Edition of 1 (an Artists Proof, aside from the regular edition of 75)
15 × 16 × 1 1/2 inches
Signatured etched on the work and annotated A.P. , aside from the limited edition of 75.
This excellent 1971 3-D photo realist work "The People" is a multiple based upon a larger work the artist did of people beholding a work of art. Here, we see them only from behind, because they are busy looking at art - a clever photorealist work - art about art - catching people in the process of looking at art.
Howard Kanovitz Biography
Howard Kanovitz was a leader of Photo Realism: a documenter of style and fashion, depicting members of the art scene at openings, or superimposing known critics and curators onto images of board room meetings. In his particular style, he explored the intersections of painting, photography, fiction, and fact.
Kanovitz studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and The Art Studenst League in Woodstock where he worked with Yasuo Kyniyoshi before moving to New York an apprenticing with Franz Kline. As a member of New York’s downtown art scene, Kanovitz painted abstract paintings, which he exhibited at Tenth Street Galleries early in his career. Following his father’s death in 1963, Kanovitz went through family photos, an experience which prompted him to interrogate the relationship between images and perception. At this time, Kanovitz abandoned abstraction in favor of a figurative style and worked arduously in this new direction. These efforts culminated in a 1966 solo exhibition at the Jewish Museum, securing his place as a leader of Photo Realism among artists such as Larry Rivers, Alex Katz, and Chuck Close.
His photo based, representational paintings exhibited at the Jewish Museum show were the first to be called “photo-realist” and shocked many in the art community prompting a symposium which was held at the New York Studio School for “downtown artists” to weigh in on this perennial “hot topic”, newly addressed by one of their own.
Kanovitz first began using airbrush in 1967, giving his paintings a feeling of photographic perfection. Cut out figures created using this precisionist technique were placed in the viewers space, often in front of Kanovitz’s painted canvas depicting the luminaries of the art world of the time. This type of installation was the centerpiece in the first of several Waddell Gallery shows.
Kanovitz has been the subject of many solo museum shows internationally and his work is collected by institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Britain, London, and Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna.
-Courtesy Eric Firestone...
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1970s Photorealist Howard Kanovitz Art
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Plastic, Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Etching, Screen
The Ground Above Us 1980 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Howard Kanovitz
American, 1929–2009
1980
The Ground Above Us
Lithograph Paper Size 33 × 24 in (82.6 × 61 cm)
Marked pp Printers Proof
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1980s Howard Kanovitz Art
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Lithograph
East End Trilogy 1980 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Howard Kanovitz
American, 1929–2009
1980
East End Trilogy
Lithograph Paper Size 32½ × 24 in (82.6 × 61 cm)
Marked pp Printers Proof
Howard Kanovitz was a pioneering painter in the P...
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1980s Howard Kanovitz Art
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Lithograph
Visible Difference Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Howard Kanovitz
American, 1929–2009
1980
Visible Difference
Lithograph
Paper Size 33 × 24 in (82.6 × 61 cm)
Marked pp Printers Proof
Howard Kanovitz was a pioneering painter in the...
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1980s Howard Kanovitz Art
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Lithograph
1978 Howard Kanovitz 'Ground Above Us' Contemporary
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33 x 24 inches ( 83.82 x 60.96 cm )
Image Size: 29 x 21 inches ( 73.66 x 53.34 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
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Howard Kanovitz S/N lithograph by famed photorealist artist for The Paris Review
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in New York, NY
Howard Kanovitz
Paris Review, 1968
Lithograph on wove paper
33 × 26 inches
Pencil signed and numbered 9/200
Published by The Paris Review, New Y...
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1960s Photorealist Howard Kanovitz Art
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Lithograph
"Windmill Antilles", 1980, Lithograph by Howard Kanovitz
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Kanovitz, American (1929 - 2009)
Title: Windmill Antilles
Year: 1980
Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 175
Paper Size: 32.5 x 24 inches (82.55...
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Lithograph
$575 Sale Price
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"The Ground Above Us", 1980, Lithograph by Howard Kanovitz
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Kanovitz, American (1929 - 2009)
Title: The Ground Above Us
Year: 1980
Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 125
Paper Size: 32.5 x 24 inches (82...
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1980s Surrealist Howard Kanovitz Art
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Lithograph
$575 Sale Price
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Paris Review, Realist Lithograph by Howard Kanovitz
By Howard Kanovitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Kanovitz, American (1929 - 2009)
Title: Paris Review
Year: circa 1968
Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 200
Size: 33 x 26 inches
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1960s Contemporary Howard Kanovitz Art
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