Jim Bird was a well known abstract painter and printmaker. He was born in Bloxwich, West Midlands. He had over 100 one-man shows and exhibited widely throughout the world, including at Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona; the Art Package, Chicago; Redfern Gallery, London; River Gallery, Westport; Goldman-Kraft Gallery, Chicago; Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto; and Gallery Art Alpha, Tokyo. He also showed at the Basel Art Fair, the International Navy Pier Exposition in Chicago and the International Print Biennale, England. His work was featured in the Journal of Art Illustrated (June, July, August 1991) in an article entitled “The Elusive Monotype: Painting or Print?" and, in 1994, his work was featured in the first issue of Graven Images: Studies in Culture, Law, and the Sacred, published by the University of Wisconsin Law School.
In 1962, Bird left a successful design studio in England to live as an artist in Spain. He soon became affiliated with Galeria Joan Prats, one of the most prestigious galleries in Spain. After coming to the U.S. in 1980, one of the first people Bird looked up was Robert Motherwell. He and Motherwell became friends and exhibited their work together both in Spain and the U.S. Bird's works frequently depict what he calls “Landscapes of the Mind,” most often keyed to his memories and feelings about Spain, but all concerned with the space in which the human spirit creates to discover its freedom. As Bird said in a 1990 essay for a show at Galeria Joan Prats, his longtime dealer, "If one accepts the premise that art can be the mirror within which we may see ourselves, then the quest should be to get the glass true. The problem is that it never is quite true and the image we see is distorted; but before dismissing one mirror for another, judgment should be suspended, as mostly the unconscious reach is greater than the conscious grasp. It is obvious that great art has its source at some point beyond conscious striving, and if this fount is to become accessible it requires an act of faith on the part of the artist to do “nothing” and to allow the dreaming and fantasizing, that least understood part of the creative endeavor, to take place, the space in which the wretchedness of the human condition is re-composed and put into an acceptable form."
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Jim Bird, Untitled, from Ediciones Poligrafa, 1979
By Jim Bird
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jim Bird (1937–2010), titled Untitled (Untitled), from the album Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona - Redfern Gallery, London, originates from the 1979 editi...
Lithograph
Untitled Composition (British Modernism, Geometric, Abstract, Postwar, London)
By Jim Bird
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jim Bird Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Edition: 100 Size: 10 x 7.325 inches (25.4 × 18.6...
Lithograph
Jim Bird - tribute to Vasarely 16
By Jim Bird
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Jim Bird - tribute to Vasarely 16 Photolithography 1972 Signed and numbered 58/75 Paper size : 68x68 Image size : 61x61 Perfect condition Published by Poligrafa, Barcelona 290€
Paper
Untitled, from: 12th Anniversary Galeria Joan Prats 1976-88 Portfolio, 1986
By Jim Bird
Located in London, GB
JIM BIRD 1937-2010 Bloxwich 1937-2010 Catalonia (British / Spanish) Title: Untitled, from: 12th Anniversary Galeria Joan Prats 1976-88 Portfolio, 1986 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Guarro Wove Paper Paper size: 38 x 56 cm. / 14.9 x 22 in. Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Jim Bird” in the lower right image. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left image. There were 20 artist’s proofs and 10 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions. It was included in the portfolio “Carpeta Commemorativa 12e Aniversari” [Commemorative 12th Anniversary Portfolio], consisting of 20 lithographs and etchings by numerous artists. The paper bears the Guarro watermark in the upper left sheet corner. Note: The contributing artists were: Sergi Aguilar, Frederic Amat...
Lithograph
tribute to Vasarely 6 blue
By Jim Bird
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Photolithography 1972 Signed and numbered 6/75 Paper size : 68x68 Image size : 61x61 Perfect condition Published by Poligrafa, Barcelona 290€
Paper
Thunder Bay
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Thunder Bay" 1986 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 14/95 in penci...
Screen
$1,000
H 11 in W 23 in
Frank Stella - Original Leo Castelli Gallery offset lithograph invitation, 1969
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster Unframed and unsigned Published by Leo Castelli Gallery at 4 East 77th Street on the occasion of the exhibition in November, 1969 The artwork depicted in thi...
Lithograph, Offset
Continual, Julian Stanczak
By Julian Stanczak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Julian Stanczak (1928-2017) Title: Continual Year: 1979 Edition: 41/175, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Somerset paper Size: 25 x 25 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Si...
Screen
$7,500
H 27.5 in W 35 in
Glaspalast Edition print, Munich Germany, SCARCE when Hand Signed by Sean Scully
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully Munich 1996 (Hand Signed), 2001 Offset Lithograph print Hand signed and dated by Sean Scully in 2018 Boldly signed in black marker on the recto. Hand signed by Sean Scull...
Ink, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
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H 23.5 in W 15.5 in D 0.05 in
Original Cinquantenaire Aeronautique Bourget, vintage air show poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Cinquantenaire Aeronautique vintage poster. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Printer: Bedos & Co, Paris. A- condition. (50TH ANNIVERSARY 23E SALON INTERNATIONAL D' AERONAUTICS, JUNE 12 TO 21, 1959 * LE BOURGET AIRPORT.) This mid-century modern original French poster is for an air show...
Lithograph
$1,000
H 19.5 in W 14.5 in
James Siena at PACE poster Hand signed by James Siena complex linear abstraction
By James Siena
Located in New York, NY
James Siena at PACE Gallery, 2019 Offset lithograph exhibition invitation (Hand signed by James Siena) 19 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches Unframed This exquisite fold...
Offset, Graphite, Pencil, Lithograph
BI-RHOMBS, Victor Vasarely
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Title: BI-RHOMBS Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 91/250, plus proofs Size: 43.5 x 26 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Si...
Screen
TR-UR, Victor Vasarely
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Title: TR-UR Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 116/250, plus proofs Size: 39.25 x 30.75 inches Condition: Good Inscription: S...
Screen
Conferring Blue, Julian Stanczak
By Julian Stanczak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Julian Stanczak (1928-2017) Title: Conferring Blue Year: 1979 Edition: 66/175, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Somerset paper Size: 25 x 25 inches Condition: Good Inscripti...
Screen
$700
H 17.5 in W 24.25 in
Limited Edition Architecture Kinetic Op Art Screen Print Lithograph Pol Bury
By Pol Bury
Located in Surfside, FL
Pol Bury (Belgian, 1922-2005) screen print Hand signed and numbered 27/ 62 in pencil Dimensions: 17.5 X 24.25 inches. (sheet size) Provenance: Published by Lefebre Gallery, New York. lithographie en couleurs. Signées et numérotées 27/62. This is just for the print. the title sheet is just included for reference. Pol Bury (1922 – 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge (along with Willy Anthoons, James Ensor, Odette Collon, Pierre Alechinsky, Jo Delahaut and Jean Rets...
Lithograph, Screen
$950
H 46.13 in W 34 in D 1.5 in
"Plum Crazy" Pink and Purple Abstract Modern Geometric Lithograph Edition 16/100
Located in Houston, TX
Pink and purple abstract modern lithograph edition 16 / 100. The work features colorful geometric shapes that have been detailed with a hatch texture. Signed, titled, and editioned b...
Lithograph
Vertigo, Victor Vasarely
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Title: Vertigo Year: 1982 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 88/325, plus proofs Size: 26.75 x 22.75 inches Condition: Good Inscription: ...
Screen
Jim Bird - tribute to Vasarely 4
By Jim Bird
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Jim Bird - tribute to Vasarely 4 Photolithography 1972 Signed and numbered 58/75 Paper size : 68x68 Image size : 61x61 Perfect condition Published by Poligrafa, Barcelona 290€
Paper
Jim Bird - tribute to Vasarely
By Jim Bird
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Photolithography 1972 Signed and numbered 6/75 Paper size : 68x68 Image size : 61x61 Perfect condition Published by Poligrafa, Barcelona 290€
Paper
Outside 3 Abstract
By Jim Bird
Located in Soquel, CA
Primary and black abstract on a field of smoky grey by British artist Jim Bird (1937-2010). Signed and dated lower right. (Dated '96 but Concept Art Gallery label on verso dates the ...
Acrylic, Rag Paper
Outside 2
By Jim Bird
Located in Soquel, CA
Primary colors and black abstract on a field of light smoky grey by British artist Jim Bird (1937-2010). Signed and dated lower right. (Dated '65 but Concept Art Gallery label on ver...
Acrylic, Rag Paper