Kismine Varner Prints and Multiples

Bobby Dowler (b. 1983, London) studied Filmmaking at FH Salzburg and Southampton Institute/Solent University and Art and Design at Camberwell College, London. Bobby is a painter work...

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

"Crucifixion" is an etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink by Conrad M. Metz after a painting by Daniele da Volterra. It was published in London in 1789 in 'Imitations Of Ancient...

Original Self-Portrait Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Etching on paper 2 ⅛ x 1 ¾ inches unframed (5.4102 x 4.445 cm) 14 ⅛ x 12 ½ inches framed (35.8902 x 31.75 cm) Description: Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the most celebrated Dutch painters of all time, and rose to prominence in the 17th century for his characteristic use of light and contrast to convey emotion and mood. Much of his artistic practice consisted of history paintings, portraits, and self-portraits, with his rich oil paintings...

Con Suture is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1985 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Lithograph and Chalchography, unique specimen. Hand-signed a...

Beautiful 1994 monotype painting by American artist, David Chamberlain (b.1950). Summer Blues. Oil on Arches paper, image measures 9.75 x 11.75 inches; sheet measures 22 x 30 inches. The subtle variations of the oil application are quite lovely. Titled and signed by the artist in pencil, lower margin and on reverse. Excellent, clean condition with no damage or restoration. Unframed: sheet is loose with no backing. SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE David Chamberlain (American, b Canton, Ohio 1949) has been a full-time artist since 1977, and has created more than 2000 original works in both two and three dimensions. Over 100 of his works appear in the collections of recognized arts institutions and museums, worldwide. A serious and passionate musician (a cappella jazz singer with three recording albums and over 700 concerts in this avocation), Chamberlain's artistic approach and imagery is inspired by studies of musical patterns and relationships. Other influences include topology, poetry, design and flying. His sculptures are noted for their playful explorations of lyrical, melodic edges and harmonious spaces. The surfaces are all one continuous form; the insides become the outsides and vice-versa; the edges are all one line. Mediums include mahogany, bronze, titanium, gold, and ceramic/porcelain. His paintings reflect an enthusiasm for composition and improvisation. Chamberlain has developed a way to create original oil paintings using methods adapted from monotype processes incorporating a light table and mirrors, an etching press, and a variety of hands-on tools (including fingers, rollers, static electricity and blowing)... but no brushes. This method, sometimes called the Chamberlain Method, makes possible the intense collaborations he is known for, where he and another artist work on the same painting at the same time. Called Duett Painting, this mutual and simultaneous way for two artists to paint together attempts to involve the backgrounds of each, directly and profoundly. There are no rules, and there is no place to hide whoever the artists are appears in the composition. As each artist's marks influence the other's, the painting takes on a momentum of its own, compelling the artists toward a new direction neither would have pursued on their own. Chamberlain has worked with over 100 artists, musicians, dancers, poets and creative people from the USA, Asia, Europe, South America and Africa. About half of his paintings are collaborative duetts; half are conventional solo works using these techniques. His studio is based near Boulder, Colorado. He is married, with two children, a dog and three cats. EDUCATION MLA University of Colorado 2002 Landscape Architecture MFA University of Pennsylvania 1977 Sculpture & Printmaking BA Princeton University 1971 Architecture & Design SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Consulate of Japan, San Francisco, CA 1999, 1998 Major Shows Muse a Muse' Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1997, 1999 Retrospective: "Solos, Duets & Concertos" Muskegon Mus. of Art, MI 1996 "Duets" Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE 1995 MacLaren/Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, CO 1991 Retrospective: McKissick Museum of Art, Columbia, SC 1990 Retrospective: The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA 1988 Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA 1981, 1984, 1988 Gibson Gallery, SUNY at Potsdam, NY 1987 Arlene McDaniel Galleries, Simsbury, CT 1986 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT 1985, 1986 Gallerie Obussier, Nantucket, MA 1985 New Acquisitions Gallery, Syracuse, NY 1983 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY 1983 COMMISSIONS: Operhall Suite; [Series of 6 original works] Muskegon Museum of Art 1994 Symphony Suite; Gibbes Museum & Charleston Symphony Orchestra 1994 Gospel Suite in F; New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA 1994 Eroica; Morgridge Auditorium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1992 Balletté; Southworth Library, Canton College, Canton, NY 1991 A Une Passante; M. C. Wallace Library, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 1991 Festivale; K. B. K. Foundation, Boston, MA 1990 A Une Passante; SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 1989 Balletté; Ensign-Bickford Corp., Simsbury, CT 1987 Torus; Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA 1986 Rondella; BNWC, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 1985 Viole, Ayre; Asset Management, Inc., Essex, CT 1983 Cantata; Horne Library, Babson College, Wellesley, MA 1981 COLLECTIONS Museums Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, England Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA British Museum, London, England Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Currier Gallery & Museum, Manchester, NH Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA Davis Museum of Art, Wellesley, MA DeCordova Museum, Linclon, MA Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, ME Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville,TN Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University, England Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC Gibson Gallery & Museum, SUNY Potsdam, NY Greenville County Art Msueum, Greenville, SC Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY McKissick Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Art, Utica, NY Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC Nelson Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA San Diego Museum, San Diego, CA Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA Taylor Museum/CSFAC, Colorado Springs, CO University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT Institutions American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan [selected] Arjo Wiggins/Arches S.A., Annonay, France Bank of America, Boston, MA Boso Yusi Company, Tokyo, Japan Boston Ballet, Boston, MA Canadian Foreign Ministry, Ottawa, Canada Chase Manhattan Bank, Vietnam Embassy of Japan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates FIA Institute, Tokyo, Japan Fidelity Ventures & Associates, Boston, MA Frederik Meijer Sculpture Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI Gauteng Legislature, Gauteng, South Africa German Embassy to Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam Helix Technology Corporation, Longmont, CO Ito-En Company, Tokyo, Japan JAFCO America Ventures, Boston, Palo Alto, Tokyo Japanese Consulates: Boston, MA; Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA Japanese Foreign Ministry, Tokyo, Japan Japan External Trade Organization, New York, Tokyo Kepner-Tregoe Company, Princeton, NJ Kobe Steel, Ltd Tokyo, Kobe Mochida Medicines, Inc., Tokyo Monsanto, European Division, Brussels, Belgium New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA Nueva Set-Kei, Inc. Tokyo, Japan Opinion Research Company, Princeton, NJ PAR Associates, Inc., Boston, MA Price, Waterhouse & Company, Greenwich, CT Princeton Club of Japan, Tokyo, Japan Saint Joseph's Heart Hospital, Lexington, KY Spencer, Fane & Browne; Shugert & Thomson, Kansas City, MO Temple Society of Concord, Syracuse, NY T. Rowe Price, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO University of Wisconsin School of Business, Madison, WI Vietnam Embassy to Canada, Ottawa, Canada Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Stamford, CT COLLABORATIONS Johannesburg, South Africa (& Artist Proof Studio) 1997 Duetts with: Kagiso Pat Mautloa, Durant Sihlali, Mmakgabo Sebidi, Dumisane Mabaso, Nhlanhla Xaba, Pepe Abela, Vincent Baloyi, Ntepe Osiah Masekwameng, Gordon Gabashane, Sokhaya Nkosi Vietnam (& Indochina Arts Project) 1995 Fine Arts Associations, Saigon, Hue and Hanoi; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Hanoi Duetts with: Do Minh Tam, Hoc Hai, Huy Oanh, Le Anh Van, Le Thong, Le Van Suu, Manh Tuan, Mai Khanh, Nghia Duyen, Thuc Ban, Tran Khan Chuong, Tran Luong Studio Duetts 1995-2001 With: Yuji Kishimoto (Architect -- Japan/USA), Emi Tajima (Japanese master caligrapher), Nguyen Quynh Nhu (Vietnam), Eduardo Chavez & Arturo Miranda (Mexico), Kyi May Kaung (Burmese Poet), Patrick Moraz (Swiss/American composer/performer), Jingalu (Aboriginal Australian artist), Rungsak Dokbua (Thailand), and Americans Don Grusin (Composer/performer), Dave Grusin (Composer/performer), Harry Skoler (Composer/performer), Sarah Schneider (Dancer/choreographer), Sally Ranney (artist/humanist), Cleo Parker Robinson (Dancer/choreographer) China (PRC) 2001-2004 Proposal for an Artistic Collaboration with China, 2001-2004 (38 pages). Involving ten Chinese Artists, streaming on the internet, development of 160 museum-quality Duett paintings for world-wide exhibition; budget 1.6 million USD. HIGHER EDUCATION Visiting Artist [Associate Professor One-year appointment] 1990/1991 Art Department, University of South Carolina Adjunct Professor 1991-1994 Art Department, Rivier College, Nashua, NH Fellow/Panelist The Aspen Institute Aspen, CO 2000 Conference on World Affairs [Univ of Colo, Boulder] 1990-1998 Visiting Artist Haverford School, Bryn Mawr, PA 1999 Clemson University, Clemson, SC 1997, 1998 African Institute of Art, FUNDA Soweto, South Africa 1997 Princeton University 1996 Williams College 1995 Bradford College 1994, 1998 College of Charleston 1994 University of Pennsylvania 1993 University of South Carolina 1990, 1994 SUNY Albany 1992, 1993 Pine Manor College 1987, 1989 Bentley College 1988 Simon's Rock/Bard College 1988 Brandeis University 1986 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 1985, 1986 Emerson College 1985 Harvard University 1984, 1985 Mount Holyoke College 1984 Syracuse University 1983 Colorado College 1977 Director; Artist in Residence 1974-1977 Arts College House, University of Pennsylvania Taught Drawing (figure & still-life) and Photography Initiated Interdisciplinary Program: Dance, Music, Poetry, Theatre, Film, Architecture, Art SCHOOLS & PROGRAMS Instructor, Photography & Visual Arts 1974-1976 Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Chair, Performing Arts Department 1971-1974 Purnell School Instructor, Visual Arts Department 1970-1974 Purnell School [Taught (& developed syllabi for) 21 Studio arts courses] Juror, College Entrance Examination Board Area: Fine Arts 1972 AWARDS Selection Who's Who: in American Art; in the East; in the World Grants Krasner-Pollack Foundation Emergency Grant, 1999 Indochina Arts Project (Ford Foundation) 1994 Individual Artist Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission 1991 K. B. K. Foundation, 1991, 1994 High Meadow Foundation, 1990 Ford Venture Fund Grant [Univ. of Pennsylvania] 1975-1977 Haas Memorial Fund Fellowship, 1976 GRANTS IN KIND Kodak, Rochester, NY Papeteries Canson & Montgolfier, Annonay, France; Royal Talens BV Oil Paints, Apeldoorn, Holland Takach Etching Press Corp., Albuquerque, NM South African Airlines; American Airlines Korean Airline; Trans World Airlines PUBLICATIONS Film segmant Video Jukebox DeCordova Museum of Art, Linclon, MA 1999 Film David Chamberlain: Artistry in Motion {30 minutes} SC-ETV/PBS 1992 Book Melodic Forms: The Sculpture of David Chamberlain {75 pages, color} 1990 David Godine, Publisher Boston, MA Videotape Search for Perfection; {16 minutes} FIS/Pucker Safrai 1982 Award: Red Ribbon Category: The Arts American Film Festival, New York INTERVIEWS All Things Considered, National Public Radio Weekend Edition, Monitor Radio & Public Radio International CNN Headline News, Atlanta, GA International News Scene, Reuters Press International, New York/Hong Kong Terra Infirma, Corp. for Public Broadcasting BBC World, London Art Scene, S. Carolina Public Radio Jazz Times, Blue Lakes Public Radio, Grand Rapids, MI Conversations with Jean Feraca, Wisc. Public Radio, Madison, WI WBZ-TV Boston, MA WCNY-TV Syracuse, NY WNPE-TV Watertown, NY WSBK-TV Boston, MA WERS-Radio Boston, MA RELATED EXPERIENCE Designs Arts College House (Program) ; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1975 Performing Arts Center (Architectural); Purnell School, Pottersville, NJ 1973 Fine Arts Center (Architectural); Purnell School, Pottersville, NJ 1971 Diplome Centre Audio Visuel Langues Modernes, Vichy, France 1973 School for International Training, Experiment in International Living, Putney, VT 1973 Graduate Credits Teaching Studio Art Institute, Colorado College, 1972 Consultant Sculpture Walk Project Univ. of South Carolina, Architectural Facilities Planning 1990/91 "How to create, fund and impliment a self-sufficient world-class sculpture collection" Speaker "[Man] In The Arena" , Haverford School, Haverford, PA 2000 "Architecture & Painting" Clemson University Dept of Art & Architecture, AIA Lecture 1997 Reflections on Creativity" Am. Inst. of Architects Convention, Highlands, NC 1994 "Neurons, Notes & Sketches", Conference on Art & Mathematics Albany, NY 1993 "Music into Sculpture", Conference on Art & Mathematics Albany, NY 1992 "On the Creative Process", Empire State Plaza Art Collection Albany, NY 1993 "Creativity and Fullfillment", Conference on Health & Spirituality Boston, MA 1991 Vocalist & Cahoots (jazz a cappella quartet) 1974-present Album Recordings: "Released" (1993) ; Arranger "Haven't We Met" (1991); All Good Children (octet) 1972-74 Album: "All Good Children" (1980); Canto Ergo Sum (sextet) 1971-72; The Footnotes (double sextet) 1967-1971 Album: "Another Summer...

Yasuhide Kobashi (古橋 矢須秀 Kobashi Yasuhide, 1931–2003) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, painter, sculptor and stage designer. He was born in Kojima in Okayama Prefecture. His father was a ceramic clay artist and head of the Kyoto Industrial Craft Company. Kobashi learned printmaking from the sōsaku hanga (creative prints) master Unichi Hiratsuka (1895–1997). In 1955, Kobashi graduated from the Kyoto College of Crafts and Textiles, and in 1959, he moved to New York City. At first he was sponsored by Lincoln Kirstein of the New York City Ballet, who had visited his studio in Kyoto and commissioned a number of works from him. Elaine De Kooning, art critic and wife of influential Abstract Expressionist Willem De Kooning recommended Kobashi to the Allan Stone Gallery, He would continue to work with this gallery for more than 30 years. When Kobashi moved to New York in 1959, many American intellectuals and artists were eager to learn about Japan. Among the early influences to reach a wide cross section of American society was Suzuki Daisetsu's (1870-1966) Introduction to Zen Buddhism, published in English in 1949 with a preface by the noted psychologist Carl Jung. Nelson Rockefeller (governor of New York and later vice-president) was Kobashi's patron, and acquired one of the artist's sculptures for the New York State Executive Mansion in Albany. As a young man he was exposed to a wide range of arts, including sculpture, stage design, carpentry, stone cutting, ceramics, calligraphy, painting, and furniture design. Most notably, he studied woodblock printmaking under Hiratsuka Unichi (1895-1997), one of the leading innovators in the Creative Print (ssaku-hanga) movement that advocated total artistic control by a single artist over the entire printmaking process, in contrast to the traditional methods of ukiyo-e in which designer, carver, printer, and publisher all had a role in production. Kobashi is best known for his sosaku hanga woodblock prints and his sculptures intended to be rearranged, which he called "self-constructions". The Cleveland Museum of Art, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA New York City), the Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase, New York), the Albright Knox, the Weisman Art Museum (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis), and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are among the public collections holding work by Kobashi. Yasuhide Kobashi created some of his first prints in New York at the Pratt Graphic Art Center. He became a member of the Society of Independent Artists and exhibited regularly with them. He is included in the book JAPANESE SCULPTORS: Isamu Noguchi, Yayoi Kusama, Akio Takamori, Yoshimoto Nara...

Artist: Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920) Title: "Gulli I" Series: Gulli *Signed by Zorn in pencil lower right. It is also signed and dated in the plate (printed signature) lower right Year: 1914 (second state of two) Medium: Original Etching on cream Van Gelder Zonen laid paper Limited edition: approx. 50 impressions Printer: the artist Zorn himself, Mora, Sweden Publisher: the artist Zorn himself, Mora, Sweden Reference: Asplund No. 265; Hjert & Hjert No. 162 Sheet size (irregular margins): 12.88" x 10.13" Image size: 5.13" x 3.5" Condition: Faint UV stain. Minor toning to sheet and minor paper loss at bottom center margin. It is otherwise a strong impression in excellent condition Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Santa Fe, NM. Fleur-de-lis shield (Van Gelder Zonen) watermark at left center margin. Pencil inscribed "Gulli No. 1" lower right in margin. Retains old paperwork from previous framing. Biography: Anders Leonard Zorn...

Artist: Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (English, 1890-1978) Title: "James McBey" *Signed by Brockhurst in pencil lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled in the plate (printed si...

This is an 18th century engraving and etching entitled "Parmigiani Amica" by Robert Strange after a painting by Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino, who lived during the Renaissance period. It was published in London in 1774. As the inscription states, the painting was in the collection of the King of Naples at the time the engraving was made. The engraving depicts a half-length portrait of a young woman, known as Parmigiani's Amica (meaning "female friend" in Italian). She is depicted wearing a simple but elegant dress with a low-cut neckline, which reveals her delicate features and graceful neck. Her hair is arranged in a simple yet stylish manner. She is turning to the right to look lovingly at her infant, which she is holding with her right arm. She is touching the baby's mouth with her left hand. The background of the engraving is plain and unadorned, allowing the viewer to focus entirely on the subject of the portrait. The result is a beautiful and timeless image that captures the essence of Renaissance portraiture. The engraving is printed on watermarked paper. The sheet measures 16.25" high and 12' wide. The sheet is adhered to paper in its upper corners and it has been removed from the paper in its lower corners. There is some mild discoloration and some wrinkling in the margins, including the lower inscription area, and a small dark spot in the upper margin, which may represent a drop of ink occuring at the time of printing. These issues do not involve the image, which is in very good condition. The print is held by several museums and institutions, including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The British Museum in London, The Royal Museums of the UK, The British National Trust...

A delicate, translucent iteration of David Salle's kaleidescopic layers which are usually painted in large scale. Eyes etched in a liquid ocean of blue and orange aquatint form the ground for a nude woman...

Trapezoid Planet by a.muse, 2017 is a 15" x 11" original print, dated, titled, signed recto (on front) by the artist. A viscosity inked monotype made on an etching press, the intagl...