Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

German, b. 1940

Joseph Drapell was born into the German- (and later Soviet-) occupied small town of Humpolec (near Prague) in 1940. His parents brought up their three boys not to believe in the official propaganda of the occupying regimes. Like the Czech novelist Milan Kundera, Drapell felt that life was elsewhere. Drapell escaped his birth country at his first opportunity at the age of twenty-five in order to develop his art in the free West. He landed in Halifax in 1966, grateful to Canada for accepting him. Drapell adopted an island (B-109) in Georgian Bay as his new spiritual home. The island has inspired (directly or indirectly) all his mature artistic developments to date. Drapell's aim was to contribute to the art of painting, rather than to merely make a living as an artist. Between 1968 and 1970, he studied under various visiting artists and lecturers at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. This is where he first started to develop his compression technique as a response to the paintings of Morris Louis. He settled in Toronto in 1970. Drapell walked the streets of New York with a roll of large paintings, until he was discovered by the Robert Elkon Gallery on Madison Avenue. After three exhibitions there (and several in Toronto where he was discovered by Jared Sable of the Dunkelman Gallery), Drapell achieved his first artistic breakthrough in 1974 with the Great Spirit Paintings. Joseph divides his time between Toronto and Georgian Bay (Lake Huron).

Artist: Joseph Drapell

Joseph DrapellHeart 30/90 - unique, colourful, abstract, one off, framed monoprint, 1984

$2,200

Heart 30/90 - unique, colourful, abstract, one off, framed monoprint

By Joseph Drapell

Located in Bloomfield, ON

As if emulating the rhythm of a beating heart, this compelling abstract print was created by the Czech born artist Joseph Drapell. Fine concentric circles in black emanate from the g...

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1980s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint

Joseph DrapellUnique Print - bright, colourful, abstract, one of, framed monoprint, 2005

$1,800

Unique Print - bright, colourful, abstract, one of, framed monoprint

By Joseph Drapell

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This compelling singular signed print–one of a kind was created by the Czech born artist Joseph Drapell. The form is reminiscent of the popular sixties’ art game called Spirograph. B...

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Early 2000s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint

Toma YovanovichMid-Century Modern Abstract Monotype Print, 1960's

$475

H 14 in W 18 in

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Monotype Print

By Toma Yovanovich

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original mid century modern abstract expressionist monotype print by American artist Toma Yovanovich. Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016) Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whos...

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1960s Abstract Geometric Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint, Monotype

Michael HursonTwo Columns by Michael Hurson framed abstract with greco roman pillars on stage, 1983

$1,800

H 18.25 in W 24.25 in D 0.75 in

Two Columns by Michael Hurson framed abstract with greco roman pillars on stage

By Michael Hurson

Located in New York, NY

In this unique Michael Hurson monotype, stylized Greco-Roman pillars flank a plane of crosshatched and dotted texture in black, brown, and purple ink. The...

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1980s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint, Monotype

Toma YovanovichMid-Century Modern Abstract Epxressionist Monotype Print, 1960's

$475

H 20 in W 12 in

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Epxressionist Monotype Print

By Toma Yovanovich

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original mid century modern abstract expressionist monotype print by American artist Toma Yovanovich. Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016) Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose ...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint, Monotype

Kathleen SherinTLO, 2012

$950

H 29 in W 10 in

TLO

By Kathleen Sherin

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original assembled collagraphic monoprint with drypoint by American contemporary artist Kathleen Sherin. Kathleen began to explore printmaking as a MFA painting student at the ...

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2010s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint

Michael HursonTwo Columns by Michael Hurson framed abstract with greco roman pillars on stage, 1983

$1,800

H 18.25 in W 24.25 in D 0.75 in

Two Columns by Michael Hurson framed abstract with greco roman pillars on stage

By Michael Hurson

Located in New York, NY

In this unique Michael Hurson monotype, stylized Greco-Roman pillars flank a plane of crosshatched and dotted texture in black, taupe, and grey ink. The f...

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1980s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint, Monotype

Michael HeizerIII-8, Hand painted, signed Monoprint composition of two separate sheets, Framed, 1983

$25,000

H 37.5 in W 57.5 in D 1 in

III-8, Hand painted, signed Monoprint composition of two separate sheets, Framed

By Michael Heizer

Located in New York, NY

Michael Heizer III-8 (two pages), 1983 Monoprint on two individual sheets of white handmade TGL paper, hand colored with colored pencils, paint sticks, and liquid and spray acrylic p...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Color Pencil, Monoprint, Mo...

Kathleen SherinBreathe, 2010

$1,200

H 38 in W 16 in

Breathe

By Kathleen Sherin

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original assembled collagraphic monoprint with drypoint by American contemporary artist Kathleen Sherin. Kathleen began to explore printmaking as a MFA painting student at the ...

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2010s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint

Kathleen SherinUntitled (Turquoise and Red), 2001

$650

H 18 in W 24 in

Untitled (Turquoise and Red)

By Kathleen Sherin

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original assembled collagraphic monoprint with drypoint by American contemporary artist Kathleen Sherin. Kathleen began to explore printmaking as a MFA painting student at the Un...

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Early 2000s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint

Kyoko TakagakiJapanese woman artist, one-of-a-kind framed original abstract monoprint in blue, 2007

$350

H 10.25 in W 13.75 in D 1.25 in

Japanese woman artist, one-of-a-kind framed original abstract monoprint in blue

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

This is a one-of-a-kind original monoprint, made on a press by contemporary Japanese woman artist Kyoko Takagaki. Takagaki studied art at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, USA. ...

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2010s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Monoprint

Kathleen SherinUntitled (Grey Squares), 2001

$650

H 18 in W 20 in

Untitled (Grey Squares)

By Kathleen Sherin

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original assembled collagraphic monoprint with drypoint by American contemporary artist Kathleen Sherin. Kathleen began to explore printmaking as a MFA painting student at the Un...

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Early 2000s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint

Kathleen SherinUntitled (Green and Blue), 2001

$650

H 18 in W 24 in

Untitled (Green and Blue)

By Kathleen Sherin

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original assembled collagraphic monoprint with drypoint by American contemporary artist Kathleen Sherin. Kathleen began to explore printmaking as a MFA painting student at the Un...

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Early 2000s Abstract Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint

Wyona DiskinWhite X on Red, circa 1985

$1,125

H 30.01 in W 22.51 in

White X on Red

By Wyona Diskin

Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Wyona Diskin, American (1915 - 1991) White X on Red Monoprint, Signed with pencil lower left. Unframed. Wyona Diskin's abstract monoprints juxtapose strong geometric forms and dynam...

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1980s Abstract Geometric Joseph Drapell Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint

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