John Baldessari Figurative Prints
American, 1931-2020
Although Conceptual artist John Baldessari is best known for the richly provocative juxtapositions of photographic images and text that characterize his prints and paintings, he actually had something of a traditional art world upbringing — if such a thing exists.
Born in Southern California, Baldessari earned several art degrees, from art education to art history to painting. He also taught art at various institutions such as the California Institute of the Arts throughout his life. Among his many students were David Salle, Tony Oursler, Jim Shaw and Mike Kelley. While helping to shape the art world in Los Angeles, he simultaneously developed his own name as an artist.
In the 1950s, Baldessari’s works were primarily semiabstract paintings, but during the late 1960s, he began to distance himself from painting, as he bristled at the idea of limiting art to a single medium. Baldessari decided to take his career in a dramatically different direction. He burned all his paintings at a funeral home in San Diego, then incorporated the ashes into cookie dough, producing (nonedible) baked goods for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
“It was a very public and symbolic act,” he said, “like announcing you’re going on a diet in order to stick to it.”
From that point on, Baldessari took on an MO of experimentation, dabbling in mediums from video to printmaking to sculpture. “I just stare at something and say: Why isn’t that art? Why couldn’t that be art?” he said in an interview in 2008.
The works for which Baldessari is most highly regarded, however, are striking collages of images and text — many of which are seemingly nonsensical — such as Tom’s Hand Grips the Steering, Wheel… (2015), in which the title’s text is displayed beneath a hippopotamus. As such is his body of work: bringing a sense of joviality to the sometimes too-serious world of Conceptual art.
Before he died in 2020, Baldessari was honored with the 2014 National Medal of Arts Award, the Americans for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award, the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and more.
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Artist: John Baldessari
John Baldessari, Hand and Chin (with Entwined Hands) - Signed Print
By John Baldessari
Located in Hamburg, DE
John Baldessari (American, 1931-2020)
Hand and Chin (With Entwined Hands), 1991
Medium: Photogravure with color spit bite aquatint on Somerset
Dimensions: 83,5 x 56,5cm (33 x 22 in)
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19th Century Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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The Sprinters, for 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with official COA Lt Ed Hand Signed
By John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
John Baldessari
The Sprinters, 1982
Limited Edition Offset Lithograph on Parson's Diploma paper
Signed in graphite pencil on the front. Accompanied by letter of authenticity from the publisher
36 x 24 inches
Unframed
Provenance:
Acquired as part of the complete SIGNED 1984 Olympic Lithographic Print Portfolio
Exhibition History:
Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2017 (different edition)
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the publisher on Olympic Committee letterhead. This is one of 750 hand signed lithographic posters, published in 1982 to celebrate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
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1980s Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Man, Dog (Blue), Canoe/Shark Fins (One Yellow), Capsized Boat
By John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
It is hard to characterize John Baldessari’s varied practice—which includes photomontage, artist’s books, prints, paintings, film, performance, and installation—except through his ap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Two Figures (One with Shadow)
By John Baldessari
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: John Baldessari
Title: Two Figures (One with Shadow)
Year: 1986
Medium: Etching with aquatint on Rives B.F.K paper
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 20 inches (52.07 x 50.8 cm)
Edition: 35; si...
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1980s Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Cavalry
By John Baldessari
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: John Baldessari
Title: Cavalry
Year: 1986
Medium: Etching with aquatint on Rives B.F.K paper
Sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 inches (75.56 x 55.88 cm)
Edition: 35; signed, numbered and da...
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1980s Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Leg, Straw, Diver
By John Baldessari
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: John Baldessari
Title: Leg, Straw, Diver
Year: 1986
Medium: Etching with aquatint on Rives B.F.K paper
Sheet: 26 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches (66.68 x 49.53 cm)
Edition: 35; signed, n...
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1980s Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
John Baldessari, Zorro (Two Gestures and One Mark) - Hand-Signed Print
By John Baldessari
Located in Hamburg, DE
John Baldessari (American, 1931-2020)
Zorro (Two Gestures and One Mark), 1998
Medium: Offset lithograph and screenprint on Arches paper, and flip book
Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 ...
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20th Century Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Rarely seen limited edition Spanish/English protest poster, Signed by Baldessari
By John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
John Baldessari
Flowers of Life for Central America/Flores de Vida por Centro America (Hand Signed), 1984
Rare Offset Lithograph (Hand signed by Baldessari)
24 3/5 × 18 inches
Boldly signed in white sharpie by Baldessari lower front
The regular, unsigned edition was only approx. 100, though the present work was, exceptionally, uniquely hand signed by the artist
Extremely rare vintage political poster...
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1980s Conceptual John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph
Front Row (Valentine)
By John Baldessari
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A 17-color screenprint by John Baldessari. “Front Row (Valentine)” is print from the Front Row suite by American conceptual artist, John Baldessari. The artwork is signed lower right...
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2010s Conceptual John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Object with Flaw
By John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce color lithograph. It is signed and numbered in pencil by Baldessari. Printed by Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles. Published by Cirrus Editions, Los ...
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1980s John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Color, Lithograph
John Baldessari, Two Bags and Envelope Holder - Conceptual Art, Signed Print
By John Baldessari
Located in Hamburg, DE
John Baldessari (American, born 1931)
Two Bags and Envelope Holder, 2011
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Dimensions: 61 x 45.8 cm
Edition of 40: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Exc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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John Baldessari - Man With Snake, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, Signed Print
By John Baldessari
Located in Hamburg, DE
John Baldessari (American, 1931-2020)
Man with Snake (Blue and Yellow), 1990
Medium: Lithograph in colors, on wove paper
Dimensions: 45.7 x 35.5 cm (18 x 14 in)
Edition of 170: Hand-...
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20th Century Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
UNTITLED (FROM 8 PLANTS X 6 = 48)
By John Baldessari
Located in Aventura, FL
From 8 Plants x 6 = 48 series. Unique color inkjet print variants on Hewlett Packard Satin-Gloss photo paper. Each is hand signed and dated by the artist. Sheet size 11 x 8.5 inches...
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1990s Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Kiss, Hair, Hands
By John Baldessari
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: John Baldessari
Title: Kiss, Hair, Hands
Year: 1986
Medium: Etching with aquatint on Rives B.F.K paper
Sheet: 29 x 19 3/4 inches (73.7 x 50.2 cm)
Edition: 35; signed, numbere...
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1980s Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
John Baldessari, Give me a B, give me an A ...& etc. Art, Limited Edition, Print
By John Baldessari
Located in Zug, CH
John Baldessari
Give me a B, give me an A ...& etc.
2009
Pigment Print
250 × 32 cm (98.4 × 12.6 in), unframed
Signed and numbered on adhesive label
Edition of 75
In excellent conditi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Pigment
John Baldessari, Belch (from Engraving with Sounds), 2015, Signed Print
By John Baldessari
Located in Hamburg, DE
John Baldessari (American, 1931-2020)
Belch (from the Engraving with Sounds series), 2015
Medium: Archival inkjet print on paper
Dimensions: 36.8 x 30.5 cm
Edition of 25: Monogrammed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Paper, Archival Ink
Raised Eyebrows / Furrowed Foreheads / Figure with Globe -- Print by Baldessari
By John Baldessari
Located in London, GB
Raised Eyebrows / Furrowed Foreheads / Figure with Globe, 2009
John Baldessari
Screenprint in colours, on Fabriano paper
Signed, dated, and numbered from the edition of 70
Printed a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Screen
Karl Lagerfeld
By John Baldessari
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2015, this color screenprint is hand signed by John Baldessari (National City, 1931- Los Angeles, 2020) in pencil in the lower right margin and is from the edition of 50. ...
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2010s Conceptual John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Screen
Hero
By John Baldessari
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
John Baldessari
Hero
2017
Screenprint in colors on archival pigment print
30 x 22 in.
Edition of 56/65
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary John Baldessari Figurative Prints
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Archival Pigment, Screen
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