Ilya Kabakov, is a Soviet-born American conceptual artist, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. He worked for 30 years in Moscow, from the 1950s until the late 1980s. He now lives and works on Long Island. Throughout his 40-year plus career, Kabakov has produced a wide range of paintings, drawings, installations and theoretical texts — not to mention extensive memoirs that track his life from his childhood to the early 1980s. In recent years, he has created installations that evoked the visual culture of the Soviet Union, though this theme has never been the exclusive focus of his work. Unlike some underground Soviet artists, Kabakov joined the Union of Soviet Artists in 1959 and became a full-member in 1965. This was a prestigious position in the USSR and it brought with it substantial material benefits. In general, he illustrated children's books for 3–6 months each year and then spent the remainder of his time on his projects. By using fictional biographies, many inspired by his own experiences, Kabakov has attempted to explain the birth and death of the Soviet Union, which he claims to be the first modern society to disappear. In the Soviet Union, he discovers elements common to every modern society and in doing so, he examines the rift between capitalism and communism. Rather than depict the Soviet Union as a failed Socialist project defeated by Western economics, Kabakov describes it as one utopian project among many, capitalism included. By reexamining historical narratives and perspectives, he delivers a message that every project, whether public or private, important or trivial has the potential to fail due to the potentially authoritarian will to power.
"Motorcycle" From the portfolio"The Beautiful Sixties"
By Ilya Kabakov
Located in New York, NY
Ilya Kabakov, is a Soviet-born American conceptual artist, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. He worked for thirty years in Moscow, from the 1950s until the late 1980s. He now lives an...
Lithograph
$1,200
H 25.25 in W 20.5 in
Windswept Landscape Henry Moore drawing of Scottish landscape for W.H. Auden
By Henry Moore
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of 18 lithographs drawn by the artist fo¬r the Auden Poems/Moore Lithographs 1974 book and portfolio. This work is from an edition of 25 printed on vellum aside from the portfolio (edition of 75) and the book. Signed by the artist lower right in pencil; numbered lower left in pencil. Printed in inky black, this print features a shadowy landscape. Brush sweeps to the left, and the sky is drawn with long horizontal lines. In the bottom half of the composition, the ground looks rocky, perhaps dotted with shrubs. Windswept Landscape displays Moore’s fascination with light and dark – what he called a “…bias towards the blackness and mysterious depths.” Moore was inspired by the prints of Rembrandt and the drawings of Seurat, and even drew on his memories of viewing the Altamira cave paintings, recalling how some of the images used the shadow of candlelight on the rough surface of the rock to model light. Shortly before starting work on this series of lithographs, Moore had fallen ill, leaving him aware of his own mortality. His mood pervaded these prints with a sense of danger and foreboding. The Auden/Moore limited edition book and portfolio were exhibited on publication at the British Museum, London, with an accompanying catalogue. Windswept Landscape is one of a group of lithographs...
Lithograph
$1,600
H 19.75 in W 16.5 in
Kiki Smith Collage/Lithograph "squirrel" Flying Creatures Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
A collage lithograph from her series Various Flying Creatures by Kiki Smith titled: "squirrel." Smith has used one of her animal/insect iconic figur...
Paper, Lithograph
$9,500
H 38 in W 28 in
Brooke Hopper David Hockney portrait drawing lithograph in black and white
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
A classic David Hockney portrait, this lithograph depicts the artist's friend Brooke Hopper. Brooke Hopper, one of the Hollywood elite, is the daughter of the producer Leland Hayward...
Lithograph
$1,700
H 19.75 in W 16.5 in
Kiki Smith Collage/Lithograph Various Flying Creatures "bat" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
A collage lithograph from her series Various Flying Creatures by Kiki Smith titled: "bat." Smith has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures fo...
Paper, Lithograph
$420
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
Classic Botanical Cyanotype, Handmade Using Natural Sunlight, Limited Edition
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Vintage Pressed Flowers Nº3 + Year: 2023 + Edition Size: 20 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided + Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a standard frame size + All cyanotype prints are made on high-quality Italian watercolor paper WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE? The cyanotype (a.k.a. sun-print) process is one of the oldest in the history of photography, dating back to the 1840's. Cyanotypes were then made famous by Anna Atkins, considered the first female photographer. Inspired by nature, we feel the need to look back at a craft that is handmade, analogue, and using an all-natural light source: the sun. Our cyanotypes are made by coating high-quality Italian watercolor paper with a light-sensitive emulsion. We then expose it in direct sunlight for several minutes using a photo negative...
Emulsion, Watercolor, Paper, Lithograph
$250
H 19.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.1 in
Le Serpent Limited Edition Lithograph, Modern Style, Circa 2008
By Antoine de saint Exupery
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition color lithograph, titled The Serpent, beautifully recreates the iconic watercolors from the beloved book Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Each print ...
Lithograph
Jeune Fille au Chat
By Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 220. Signed and inscribed "E.A." in pencil by Foujita. Printed by the Guilde de la Gravure,...
Color, Lithograph
$1,500
H 19.75 in W 16.5 in
Kiki Smith Collage/Lithograph Various Flying Creatures "moth" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
A collage lithograph from her series Various Flying Creatures by Kiki Smith titled: "moth." Smith has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures f...
Paper, Lithograph
Marc Chagall - For *Derrière le Miroir*
By Marc Chagall
Located in Wien, Wien
Marc Chagall Vitebsk 1887 – 1985 Saint Paul de Vence LA DANSE 1951 For *Derrière le Miroir* Color lithograph on paper, 37 x 28 cm Signed in pencil lower right Artist’s proof, marked...
Lithograph
$1,000
H 8.67 in W 6.11 in D 0.04 in
French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Floating Figures
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Floating Figures undated lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist 22 x 15,5 x 0,1 cm sold without frame about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) Jean Hélion was born on April 21, 1904, in Couterne, France. He entered the Institut Industriel du Nord in Lille to study chemistry in 1920 but left the following year to become an architectural apprentice in Paris. He painted while working as an architectural draftsman in the early 1920s. Hélion attracted the attention of the collector Georges Bine in 1925 and was soon able to devote himself entirely to painting. In 1927 he met Joaquín Torres-García, who collaborated on L'Acte, a short-lived magazine founded by Hélion and others. Hélion first exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1928. Shortly thereafter he became acquainted with Jean Arp, Piet Mondrian, and Antoine Pevsner...
Lithograph
$1,500
H 30 in W 21 in
David Hockney SIGNED vintage portrait Artcurial, Paris 1979 (Gregory Evans 1976)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
Original exhibition poster for David Hockney at Artcurial, Paris, 1979. Signed by the artist lower right in pencil. This poster is reproduced from the Hockney lithograph Gregory Evan...
Lithograph
$1,500
H 19.75 in W 16.5 in
Kiki Smith Lithograph/Collage Various Flying Creatures "fly" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
A collage lithograph from her series Various Flying Creatures by Kiki Smith titled: "fly." Smith has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures for this glassine paper and wove pap...
Paper, Lithograph
"Raw" From the portfolio"The Beautiful Sixties"
By Ilya Kabakov
Located in New York, NY
Ilya Kabakov is a Soviet-born American conceptual artist, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. He worked for thirty years in Moscow, from the 1950s until the late 1980s. He now lives and...
Lithograph